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Yehuda Ne'eman

Yehuda Ne'eman was an Israeli film director, producer and film scholar who taught at Tel Aviv University and won the Israel Prize for cinema in 2009.

1936 to 2021The film Stretcher MarchThe film The DressTeaching film at Tel Aviv University

Born: 3 October 1936, Tel Aviv
Died: 26 September 2021
Occupation: film director, film producer, physician, poet
Party: Meretz
Education: Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Yehuda Ne'eman was born in 1936 in Tel Aviv

Ne'eman was born in Tel Aviv in 1936 and grew up in Petah Tikva. His father was born in Mazkeret Batya and studied engineering in the United States. He attended the Herzliya Gymnasium in Tel Aviv.

He served in the Nahal and the paratroopers. From 1959 to 1965 he studied medicine at the Hebrew University and received his medical degree in 1965. As a reserve battalion doctor he received the Medal of Distinguished Service in the Six-Day War.

In 1966 he was line producer of a film by Micha Shagrir and then made his first film, The Dress. It was shown at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes in 1969. From 1969 to 1972 he made documentaries and TV dramas for Israeli television.

His 1977 feature Stretcher March dealt with abuse in paratrooper basic training. He began teaching at Tel Aviv University in 1978 and headed its film and television department in 1981 to 1983 and 1991 to 1994. He died in 2021 after an illness.

Milestones in Yehuda Ne'eman's life

1936
Born in Tel Aviv.
1965
Received his medical degree.
1969
The Dress was shown at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes.
1977
Released the feature film Stretcher March.
1978
Began teaching at Tel Aviv University.
2009
Won the Israel Prize for cinema.
2021
Died.

Yehuda Ne'eman served in Paratroopers Brigade

He served in the Nahal and the Nahal paratroop battalion, then as a reserve battalion doctor with the paratroopers in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. He left the reserves as a major.

Paratroopers Brigade