Boaz Davidson

Boaz Davidson was born in 1943 in Tel Aviv

Boaz Davidson was born in Tel Aviv in 1943. His father was a businessman and his mother a homemaker and teacher. His parents came to the Land of Israel in 1930, and their families were killed in the Holocaust.

He attended the Tel Nordau school and as a youth published poems and stories in Maariv LaNoar. After his release from the IDF he studied film at the London Film School.

He began with the Lool group, directing the TV series Lool with Uri Zohar in 1969. He then directed films including Shablul, Charlie Ve'hetzi, Hagiga B'Snuker and Mishpahat Tzan'ani. He directed and co-wrote the first four Eskimo Limon films.

In 1979 he moved to Hollywood and worked with Cannon Group, directing The Last American Virgin in 1982. He returned to Israel to make Alex Holeh Ahavah in 1986, then joined Millennium in 1988. He worked mainly as a producer and screenwriter, on films such as 16 Blocks, The Wicker Man, Rambo and The Expendables.

In total he directed 26 films, produced about 180 and wrote 36 scripts. He lives in Los Angeles and is married to Bruria (Bibi), an artist who edited some of his films.