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Nissim Mossek

Nissim Mossek is an Israeli documentary film director and editor whose films deal with social and political subjects in Israel.

born 1947Documentary on the Black PanthersThe film Shalom Abu BassemDocumentaries on Israeli social issues

Born: 28 April 1947, Yambol
Occupation: film director, television director, screenwriter

Nissim Mossek was born in 1947 in Yambol

Nissim Mossek was born in Bulgaria. In November 1948, during the War of Independence, his family immigrated to Israel and settled in the German Colony in Jerusalem.

He left school and failed his driving tests. A chance meeting on a bus led him to a photography course in Jerusalem, which later moved to Beit Zvi in Ramat Gan. He left those studies as well.

In 1971 he began working at Israeli Television as an editor and director. That year he shot his first film, about the Black Panthers protest in Jerusalem. Its copies disappeared, and one was found in the early 2000s, leading to a follow-up film aired in 2003.

He directed episodes of the series Pillar of Fire and films on Menachem Begin, Mordechai Vanunu and the South Hebron Hills. His film Shalom Abu Bassem, shot from 1986, was completed in 2004. Many of his films are produced by his wife, Sharon Shavit.

He is a member of Ta'ayush, a group that promotes partnership between Jews and Arabs. He received the Michael Landau Prize and the Kinor David award.