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Frederick Wiseman at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2024, in Cannes, France. (Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/ via Getty Images/ via JTA)
February 17, 2026, 8:18 pm
Oscar-winning documentarian Frederick Wiseman, shut out for being a Jew, dies at 96
The director of ‘City Hall,’ ‘The Store’ and dozens of other films fought antisemitism as a college student
By Andrew Lapin
French director Michel Gondry poses during a photo session on the sidelines of the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 21, 2023. (Photo by Zoulerah NORDDINE / AFP)
September 22, 2025, 5:01 pm
Oscar-winning French director pulls film from Cinema South Festival as Israel boycotts mount
Michel Gondry among several international film makers to withdraw from November event, cancelling the screening of his animated film, ‘Maya, Give Me a Title’
By Jessica Steinberg
File Quentin Tarantino, right, and wife Daniella Pick pose for photographers upon arrival at the awards ceremony during the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 27, 2023. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
April 28, 2025, 12:59 pm
Quentin Tarantino buys $13.8 million property in Tel Aviv
American filmmaker and his Israeli wife plan to build new home on 2,200-square meter lot in Tel Baruch neighborhood
By Zev Stub
Jeff Baena arrives at the premiere of "Spin Me Round," August 17, 2022, at The London in West Hollywood, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
January 5, 2025, 8:11 am
Director Jeff Baena found dead in his home at 47
Circumstances of death still unknown; Los Angeles medical examiner’s office says details won’t be revealed until investigation is concluded
By AP and ToI Staff
Director Norman Jewison, right, and star Topol as Tevye on the set of the film version of "Fiddler on the Roof." (Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber via JTA)
January 23, 2024, 5:43 am
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ director Norman Jewison dies at 97
Though not a member of the tribe, the filmmaker was widely believed to be due to his association with ‘Fiddler’; did have a Jewish wedding, though
By Andrew Lapin
Director Guy Nattiv poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Golda' during the International Film Festival 'Berlinale', in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 20, 2023. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
August 25, 2023, 12:44 pm
Director of ‘Golda’: Criticism against Israel’s first female PM was misogynism
In interview, director Guy Nattiv explains how he sought to soften, deepen the memory of Golda Meir and why Helen Mirren is great for the part of Meir
By Jocelyn Noveck
Gal Gadot, left, shown at an event in New York, and Damian Szifron, shown at the Cannes Film Festival. (Getty Images via JTA)
August 24, 2023, 12:52 pm
Gal Gadot viral in Argentina for desire to work with local director
Argentine-Jewish director Damian Szifron is known for weaving Jewish characters into his movies
By Juan Melamed
Director William Friedkin poses for portraits after interviews for his film, 'Killer Joe' in Venice, Italy, September 8, 2011. (AP Photo/ Joel Ryan, File)
August 8, 2023, 7:46 am
William Friedkin, award-winning director of ‘Exorcist,’ dead at 87
Jewish filmmaker, also known for Oscar-winning ‘French Connection,’ struggled in later years but maintained support for Israel, directing an opera in Tel Aviv
By AFP
Shlomi Bertonov, right, as Ben in 'Concerned Citizen.' (Guy Sahaf via JTA)
June 14, 2023, 12:15 pm
Israeli drama ‘Concerned Citizen’ tackles gentrification and race issues in Tel Aviv
Writer-director Idan Haguel’s second film, about notoriously rundown and singularly diverse Neve Sha’anan, hits close to home — much of it was filmed in his own old apartment
By Sarah Rosen
Jeremy Dauber is the author of 'Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew.' (Yale University Press via JTA)
March 8, 2023, 1:57 am
A history of Mel Brooks as a ‘disobedient Jew’
In new biography, Jeremy Dauber breaks down how the comedian and director just couldn’t help being a loving iconoclast skewering the establishment
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
In this still from the new feature film 'Alegria,' Yael (Laia Manzanares) is at right, with her mother Raquel (Adelfa Calvo) at left. (Courtesy/ Julio Vergne)
January 20, 2023, 10:12 pm
In ‘Alegría,’ Jews, Christians and Muslims come to a boil in a Spanish melting pot
The new film by director Violeta Salama, screening at the New York Jewish Film Festival on Jan. 22, embraces complexities of identity in the tumultuous African port city of Melilla
By Rich Tenorio
'Il Colibrì' ("The Hummingbird) directed by Francesca Archibugi, is the opening film of the Wave Festival of Italian female directors, opening December 11, 2022 (Courtesy PR)
December 11, 2022, 12:30 pm
Movies by female Italian directors are focus of Israel’s Wave Festival
Cinematheques across the country set to show works by leading filmmakers in 10-day festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Left to right: Michael Banks Repeta stars as Paul Graff and Jaylin Webb stars as Johnny Crocker in director James Gray's 'Armageddon Time.' (Courtesy of Anne Joyce/Focus Features)
October 28, 2022, 3:16 pm
Director James Gray on memoir film, Trump and growing up Jewish in working-class NY
Opening in NY and LA Oct. 28, ‘Armageddon Time’ is a fictionalized account rich with details Jews of a certain place and time will pick up on, and a universal ethical dilemma
By Jordan Hoffman
Film director Jean-Luc Godard smokes at Cannes festival, France on May 25, 1982. (AP Photo/Jean-Jacques Levy, File)
September 13, 2022, 1:58 pm
Jean-Luc Godard, renowned French director and pro-Palestinian activist, dies at 91
Lifelong advocacy for Palestinians brought filmmaker repeated accusations of antisemitism, despite his insistence that he sympathized with the Jewish people
By AP
Actors Paul Dano, Mateo Zoryna Francis-Deford and Michele Williams as 'The Fabelmans' in Steven Spielberg's long-awaited, semi-autobiographical film about his own family (Courtesy 'The Fabelmans')
September 12, 2022, 5:08 pm
Semi-autobiographical Spielberg movie gets 1st trailer
‘The Fabelmans,’ set for a November release, is about a young aspiring filmmaker and his family
By Jessica Steinberg
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