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Joseph Cedar

L-R: Actress Meryl Streep attends the King's Foundation Awards ceremony, at St. James's Palace, in London, on June 12, 2025. (J RATCLIFFE / POOL / AFP); Actress Sigourney Weaver attends the world premiere of 'Dust Bunny' at the Royal Alexandra Theater during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 8, 2025. (VALERIE MACON / AFP)
November 8, 2025, 8:46 pm
Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver to star in Israeli director’s new thriller
Award-winning filmmaker Joseph Cedar to lead the two Hollywood megastars in mystery film, ‘Useful Idiots,’ set in Manhattan’s richest circles
By ToI Staff
In this May 30, 2019 photo, a crew films a scene on the set of Israel's hit TV show "Fauda," in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 2, 2020, 11:52 am
Decade’s best Israeli TV and films showcase conflict, both military and cultural
A boom of sabra storytelling in the form of comedies, thrillers and drama has won prizes and fans around the globe
By Jessica Steinberg
Seffi Kogen, left, with Director Joseph Cedar at a live taping of AJC/Times of Israel's 'People of the Pod,' Tuesday, September 24, 2019. (AJC/ Michael Priest Photography)
September 27, 2019, 11:52 am
LISTEN: Live from New York, it’s People of the Pod & special guest Joseph Cedar
Episode #4: The ‘Our Boys’ creator gives a behind-the-scenes look at his hit HBO series and ToI’s Palestinian Affairs reporter talks about the Joint List’s role in the elections
By ToI Staff
Director Joseph Cedar, left, discusses his new HBO series 'Our Boys' with host Seffi Kogen on AJC/Times of Israel's 'People of the Pod.' (AJC/ Michael Priest Photography)
September 26, 2019, 4:12 pm
Director Cedar says PM calling ‘Our Boys’ anti-Semitic is ‘cynical and harmful’
At a live taping of AJC-TOI partnership podcast ‘People of the Pod,’ filmmaker explains how HBO’s series on teen murders of summer 2014 bridges Palestinian and Israeli narratives
By Jordan Hoffman
Johnny Arbid, left, plays the grieving father of a slain Palestinian teen in "Our Boys." (Ran Mendelson/HBO via JTA)
August 29, 2019, 3:40 am
Why HBO’s series on revenge murder of a Palestinian teen is causing controversy
Many Israelis express surprise that the kidnap and murder of three teens Gilad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel and Eyal Yifrah only forms a brief backdrop for story told in ‘Our Boys’
By Josefin Dolsten
In this July 1, 2014 file photo, family and friends of three Israeli teenagers who were abducted and killed mourn over the grave of Eyal Yifrah, during their funeral in Modi'in. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
August 8, 2019, 5:29 pm
HBO drama looks at killings of teens that ignited Gaza war
Docudrama series starts with Palestinian murder of three Israeli teens in summer of 2014, but focuses on revenge killing of 16-year-old Palestinian
By Agencies
From 'Our Boys,' the HBO and Keshet Productions drama directed by Joseph Cedar and created by Hagai Levi about the June 2014 kidnapping and killing of three Jewish teens (Courtesy HBO)
June 25, 2019, 5:08 pm
‘Our Boys,’ HBO series on Israel’s violent summer of 2014, set for premiere
10-part show follows abduction and killing of teenagers prior to Gaza war
By Jessica Steinberg
Renen Schorr, the director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School (at right of picture), reflects on 28 years at the helm (Moshe Shai/Flash 90)
May 8, 2017, 10:37 am
Israel’s filmmakers are country’s ambassadors, says film school pioneer
Sam Spiegel founder Renen Schorr: Local movies, particularly those made in the last 28 years, build bridges to the world
By Jessica Steinberg
Richard Gere as Norman Oppenheimer in 'Norman.' (Niko Tavernise/Sony Pictures Classics via JTA)
May 1, 2017, 4:40 pm
3 Israeli directors’ films top LA Times movie picks
‘Norman’ takes top spot; ‘The Women’s Balcony’ and ‘One Week and a Day’ praised by top critic Kenneth Turan
By JTA
Israeli actress Gal Gadot at a screening of the film 'Keeping Up With The Joneses' at The London Hotel in West Hollywood, California, October 20, 2016. (Araya Diaz/WireImage/Getty Images via JTA)
April 26, 2017, 6:31 am
7 incredible new things the world can thank Israel for
Ahead of Israel’s 69th independence day, we’re thankful for Wonder Woman, a weed inhaler, a binge-worthy drama about the West Bank, self-driving cars and the doctors saving Syrian lives
By Andrew Tobin
Richard Gere plays Norman, a down-on-his-luck con artist and title character of director Joseph Cedar's newest film. (Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics)
March 25, 2017, 1:59 am
Richard Gere on channeling his ‘inner schlub’ in new movie
It took nearly a year for People’s onetime ‘Sexiest Man of the Year’ to prepare for title character ‘Norman,’ but director Joseph Cedar says the efforts paid off
By Curt Schleier
From left, Michael Sheen, Lior Ashkenazi, and Richard Gere star in Joseph Cedar's latest release, 'Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer.' (Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics)
March 19, 2017, 1:46 pm
‘Norman’ director Joseph Cedar talks court Jews and herring
The Israeli filmmaker discusses his newest release, an uncomfortable contemporary tale of crossed boundaries between machers and politicians
By Jordan Hoffman
From left, Michael Sheen, Lior Ashkenazi, and Richard Gere star in Joseph Cedar's latest release, 'Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer.' (Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics)
March 10, 2017, 6:09 am
Richard Gere, in Israel, reflects on the ‘holy idiot’ he plays in ‘Norman’
Director Joseph Cedar insists the character — though evocative of his uncle, whose cash-stuffed envelopes landed PM Olmert in prison — isn’t based on anyone in particular
By Jessica Steinberg
'Norman' director Joseph Cedar and The Times of Israel's Ops&Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag discuss Jewish identity following a preview screening in Jerusalem on March 6, 2017. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
March 7, 2017, 2:35 pm
Director Joseph Cedar discusses his ‘court Jew’ with a twist at ToI preview of ‘Norman’
In Jerusalem debut, acclaimed filmmaker describes his new movie as a love story between American and Israeli Jewry
By ToI Staff
Norman (Courtesy)
March 3, 2017, 8:23 am
Times of Israel to host Joseph Cedar at first Jerusalem screening of ‘Norman’
Multi-award-winning Israeli filmmaker will be interviewed at Monday’s Cinema City preview. Tickets on sale now
By Matthew Kalman
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