Ilan Hatsor

Ilan Hatsor was born in 1964 in Israel

Ilan Hatsor was born on September 6, 1964, to Margalit and Yaakov Hatsor. He went to high school in Kiryat Haim. He later graduated from the theater department of Tel Aviv University, in the writing and directing track.

In 1990 his play "Masked" opened at the Cameri Theater. It was translated into English, Spanish, Arabic and German and had about 100 productions in Europe and the United States. It won the 1990 Acre Festival, an ACUM prize and the Rosenblum Prize for the Performing Arts.

He wrote plays for the Cameri, Habima, Beit Lessin, the Jerusalem Khan Theater and others, including adaptations of Gogol and Aristophanes. His 2002 play "War on the Home Front" won the Israeli Theater Prize for comedy of the year. He also wrote scripts for Channel 2, including the comedy series "The State Comptroller".

Hatsor teaches dramatic writing and acting and translates into Hebrew and English. He writes for magazines and local papers. He founds and leads amateur and community theater groups, including for people with special needs, prisoners, at-risk youth and new immigrants.