Michèle Ohayon

Michèle Ohayon
Born 1968 (age 47–48)
Casablanca, Morocco

Michèle Ohayon (born 1968) is a film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for the Academy Award nominated feature documentary film, Colors Straight Up (1997).

Biography

Michele Ohayon was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and raised in Israel. She graduated from Tel Aviv University (Film and Television), after serving in the Israel Defense Forces.

Film career

In 1984, Ohayon created one of the first dramatic films on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Pressure, for which she received the Israeli Best Film Award.[1] She created the documentary features It Was a Wonderful Life (1987),[2] and was nominated for the Academy Award with Colors Straight Up (1997) for Best Documentary Feature. With Colors Straight Up she also received the IFP Spirit Award[3] among many other awards. Her film Cowboy del Amor (2005) is WGA and IDA nominated and won both Jury and Audience Awards at the SXSW festival, as well as Best Documentary at Santa Fe, Durango and Cinefest.[4]

Her next feature documentary Steal a Pencil for Me (2007) was shown at the United Nations and won the Audience Award at Sonoma Film Festival, the Berlinale in 2008 and the YadVashem Chairman Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. The film was also honored at the Spirit of Anne Frank Awards and nominated for the IDA ABC/Video Source Award 2007.[5]

S.O.S. - State of Security, Ohayon's latest feature documentary, opened at the Berlin Film Festival.[6]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Biography". Michele Ohayon. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  2. ↑ "It Was a Wonderful Life - Docurama - Docurama Films". Docurama. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  3. ↑ "Colors-Straight-Up - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  4. ↑ "Cowboy Del Amor Movie". Cowboydelamor.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  5. ↑ "Steal A Pencil For Me - Awards". Stealapencil.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  6. ↑ "Berlinale | Annual Archives | 2010 | Programme - S.O.S./State Of Security". Berlinale.de. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
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