Rafi Adar

Rafi Adar was born in 1946

Rafi Adar was born on March 3, 1946. His father, Dr. Uri Adar, headed departments at Ichilov hospital. In the mid 1960s Adar went to Italy to study medicine, but he switched to studying film in Rome.

He returned to Israel in 1972 and married actress Yehudit Solah that year. In 1976 he directed the short film On the Way to Lod, based on a story by Dan Ben Amotz. In 1986 he co-wrote and directed Gloves with his wife, based on a novel by Dan Tsalka.

He co-produced several films and directed commercials and music videos. He also recorded music, releasing his fourth album, The Golem, in 2016.

In 1989 he opened Pronto, an Italian restaurant in Tel Aviv. Italy gave him a restaurant award in 1997 and the title of Cavaliere in 1998 for promoting Italian culture. He sold his share in Pronto in March 2017.

He was a judge on Restaurant Champion in 2009 and on MasterChef in 2010. In 1991 he and his wife were arrested on suspicion of drug dealing. After admitting drug use, he received a suspended sentence.