As Director, As Writer
Tel Aviv on Fire
2018
6.7
Sameh Zoabi
Directing
Birth date
January 1, 1975
Birth place
Iksal, Israele
Biography
Sameh Zoabi is a Palestinian Israeli film writer and director best known for his 2019 film Tel Aviv on Fire. Zoabi grew up in Iksal, a village near Nazareth, Israel. His father is a farmer. He studied at Tel Aviv University, graduating with a dual degree in film studies and literature, and then attended Columbia University on a Fulbright scholarship, receiving his MFA in 2005. Zoabi lives in Brooklyn and teaches at New York University.
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