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Anat Even

Anat Even is an Israeli independent documentary filmmaker whose films often deal with political issues in Israeli society.

born 1960Political documentary filmsThe documentary ForbiddenCo-editing the journal Takriv

Occupation: film director, director

Anat Even was born in 1960

Anat Even was born in 1960. She lives and works in Tel Aviv. She studied film and art at UCLA.

Her documentary films often deal with political issues in Israeli society. They have been shown at festivals around the world and have won international awards. She directed Forbidden with Ada Ushpiz in 2001, and later made Advance Payments in 2005 and After the End in 2009.

She founded documentary film seminars for the Documentary Creators Forum and was their artistic director in 2001, 2002 and 2003. She served as artistic director at the Rabinovich Foundation in 2006 and 2007. She co-edits the documentary film journal Takriv with filmmaker Ran Tal and teaches film at Sapir Academic College.

She received the Ministry of Education and Culture prize for film art in 2004. In 2011 she won the Mifal HaPais prize for documentary film.

Milestones in Anat Even's life

1960
Born.
2001
Directed Forbidden with Ada Ushpiz, which won an honorable mention at the Jerusalem Film Festival.
2004
Received the Ministry of Education and Culture prize for film art.
2005
Made Advance Payments, which won a prize at Visions du Réel in Switzerland.
2006
Became artistic director at the Rabinovich Foundation.
2009
Made After the End, which won an honorable mention at the Jerusalem festival.
2011
Won the Mifal HaPais prize for documentary film.