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Guy Davidi

Guy Davidi is an Israeli documentary filmmaker who co-directed 5 Broken Cameras with Emad Burnat, a film nominated for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

born 1978Co-directing 5 Broken CamerasDocumentaries on the Israeli-Palestinian conflictThe film Interrupted Streams

Born: 9 July 1978, Jaffa
Occupation: film director, photographer, cinematographer, film producer

Guy Davidi was born in 1978 in Jaffa

Guy Davidi was born in Jaffa on July 9, 1978. He grew up in Holon and Kfar Saba. He began working in film at 16, guided by photographer and director Asaf Sudri.

In 2001 he moved to Paris. After returning to Israel in 2003, he worked as a cameraman on various productions. In 2005 he began directing documentaries about daily life in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

His early films dealt with Palestinian construction workers in settlements and foreign workers near Gaza. In 2010 he released his first full-length film, Interrupted Streams, about drinking water in the village of Bil'in. It won the David Silver Award in Warsaw in 2011.

In 2011 he and Emad Burnat released 5 Broken Cameras, about Bil'in's struggle against the separation barrier. The film won the directing award at Sundance in 2012 and an international Emmy Award in 2013, and was nominated for an Academy Award. His remark in a TV interview that he represented only himself at the Oscars caused controversy.

He later made Mixed Feelings, about theater director Amir Orian. He teaches video and film in the Video Act project. He lives in Denmark with his wife Maya and their son.