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Uzi Weil

Uzi Weil is an Israeli satirist, writer, translator and screenwriter, known for his satire column "The Back Gate" and for television writing.

born 1964The satire column "The Back Gate"The Israeli version of "The Office"Writing for "HaChamishia HaKamerit"Translating Raymond Carver

Born: 29 May 1964, Gazit
Occupation: writer, film screenwriter, television director

Uzi Weil was born in 1964 in Gazit

Uzi Weil was born on May 29, 1964, in Kibbutz Gazit. As a small child he moved with his parents to Tel Aviv. He served in the IDF in the air defense corps.

In 1990 he began editing and writing "The Back Gate" in the Tel Aviv paper "Ha'Ir", a humor column with recurring characters. His first story collection came out in 1991, and one novella from it became a film starring Assi Dayan. In 2000 the editor rejected one of his columns, and Weil resigned, ending the column.

He was a main writer of "HaChamishia HaKamerit" and created the sketch series "8 Minutes a Day" with Yossi Babliki in 2003. From 2003 to 2006 he was head writer of "HaRetzua" on Bip. He later wrote for "BeTipul", created the Israeli version of "The Office" in 2010, and wrote the thriller series "City of Refuge" in 2019.

Weil translates American writers and poets such as Raymond Carver, Ernest Hemingway and Mark Strand. In 2013 he raised money through crowdfunding to finish his book "Five Dreams". He is married to artist Iris de Boton, and they have one son.