Joseph Cedar

Joseph Cedar

Joseph CEDAR (1968, USA) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He was born in New York but emigrated to Israel with his family at the age of six. He studied philosophy and theatre history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a New York University Tisch School of the Arts graduate. Upon his return to Israel, he started working on the screenplay for his debut film, Time of Favor (2000). For Beaufort (2007), his third film, he received the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival.



Filmography

Ha-hesder/Time of Favor (2000), Medurat Hashevet/Campfire (2004), Beaufort (2007)