Dan Wolman

Dan Wolman was born in 1941 in Jerusalem

Dan Wolman was born in Jerusalem on October 28, 1941. He spent part of his childhood in Ethiopia, where his father, Professor Moshe Wolman, was physician to Emperor Haile Selassie.

In 1960 he served in the Nahal in Safed, where he founded a Scout troop. He studied film at the City College of New York from 1962 to 1965 and at New York University from 1965 to 1968. He also has a bachelor's degree in education.

Safed appears often in his work. He made a documentary about the city in 1967, and his 1970 film The Dreamer, set there, competed at Cannes. His 1980 film Hide and Seek was the first Israeli feature to deal with homosexuality, and his films include My Michael and Foreign Sister.

He taught in New York in 1974 and 1978 and at Tel Aviv University from 1981. In 1989 he helped found the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, where he taught directing. He lit a torch at the 1987 Independence Day ceremony on behalf of Israeli cinema.

He is married to film editor Shosh Wolman. He has received lifetime achievement awards in Jerusalem, at the Ophir Awards, in Goa and in Luino, Italy.