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==== Academy Awards acceptance speech ====
==== Academy Awards acceptance speech ====
At the [[96th Academy Awards]], accepting the award for [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best International Feature Film]] for ''The Zone of Interest,'' Glazer stated:<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pulver |first=Andrew |last2=Shoard |first2=Catherine |date=2024-03-11 |title=‘We stand here as Jewish men who refute the Holocaust being hijacked’: Jonathan Glazer calls for end to Gaza attacks at Oscars |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/11/zone-of-interest-international-film-oscar |access-date=2024-03-11 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/03/jonathan-glazer-israel-gaza-speech/677714/|title=Jonathan Glazer’s Warning at the Oscars|publisher=Daily Beast}}</ref>
At the [[96th Academy Awards]], accepting the award for [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best International Feature Film]] for ''The Zone of Interest,'' Glazer addressed the war in Palestine. He stated:<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pulver |first=Andrew |last2=Shoard |first2=Catherine |date=2024-03-11 |title=‘We stand here as Jewish men who refute the Holocaust being hijacked’: Jonathan Glazer calls for end to Gaza attacks at Oscars |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/11/zone-of-interest-international-film-oscar |access-date=2024-03-11 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/03/jonathan-glazer-israel-gaza-speech/677714/|title=Jonathan Glazer’s Warning at the Oscars|publisher=Daily Beast}}</ref>


{{blockquote| All our choices are made to reflect and confront us in the present. Not to say, ‘Look what they did then,’ rather ‘Look what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present. Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an [[Israeli-occupied territories|occupation]] which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel|October 7th in Israel]] or the ongoing [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|attack on Gaza]], all the victims of this dehumanization — how do we resist?}}
{{blockquote| All our choices are made to reflect and confront us in the present. Not to say, ‘Look what they did then,’ rather ‘Look what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present. Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an [[Israeli-occupied territories|occupation]] which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel|October 7th in Israel]] or the ongoing [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|attack on Gaza]], all the victims of this dehumanization — how do we resist?}}
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Glazer's speech generated strong reactions within the Jewish community, positive and negative.

Jewish filmmaker [[Boots Riley]] praised Glazer "for speaking out against the atrocities in Gaza." [[IfNotNow]], an American Jewish organization that has accused Israel of [[Palestinian genocide accusation|genocide]] and called for a ceasefire, stated that "More and more Jews are making clear that their Jewish values lead them to speak out against Israel".<ref>{{cite web |title=In Oscars Speech, Director Jonathan Glazer Denounces ‘Occupation’ and ‘Dehumanization’ in Israel and Gaza |url=https://www.jewishexponent.com/in-oscars-speech-director-jonathan-glazer-denounces-occupation-and-dehumanization-in-israel-and-gaza/ |website=Jewish Exponent |access-date=March 13, 2024 |date=March 11, 2024}}</ref>

Other Jewish people condemned Glazer's speech. Jewish columnists [[John Podhoretz]] and [[Batya Ungar-Sargon]] criticized Glazer for using the words "men who refute their Jewishness".<ref name="Zirin 03-11-24"/> The [[Anti Defamation League]]'s sitting and past directors, [[Jonathan Greenblatt]] and [[Abraham Foxman]], also condemned Glazer for those words, with Greenblatt accusing Glazer of "minimiz[ing] the Holocaust". Foxman’s objection was based on the misinterpretation that Glazer was actually rejecting his Jewishness.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jta.org/2024/03/12/culture/what-to-know-about-the-fiery-jewish-reactions-to-jonathan-glazers-oscars-speech-criticizing-israel|title=What to know about the fiery Jewish reactions to Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech criticizing Israel|first=Andrew|last=Lapin|date=March 12, 2024|publisher=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]}}</ref> Both Israel's [[Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism|Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism]], [[Amichai Chikli]], and the director of the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]] Israel Office and Eastern European Affairs, [[Efraim Zuroff]], called Glazer "a [[useful idiot]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-791307|title='Vile' and 'auto-antisemitic': Israeli minister slams Oscar-winning Jewish Holocaust film director|date=March 11, 2024|first=Eliav|last=Breuer|publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jonathan Glazer is just a useful idiot for the enemies of the Jewish people - opinion|url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-791636|first=Efraim| last= Zuroff|authorlink=Efraim Zuroff|date=March 13, 2024|publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref>

Responding to the criticism, [[Dave Zirin]], who is also Jewish, supported Glazer, writing in [[The Nation]] that Glazer "is actually ''reclaiming'' his culture from the pampered pro-Israel media prizefighters who argue that [[Judaism]] and [[Zionism]] are one and the same".<ref name="Zirin 03-11-24">{{cite news|publisher=[[The Nation]]|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/world/jonathan-glazer-oscar-speech-gaza-israel-judaism/|title=Jonathan Glazer’s Brave Oscar Speech Represents the Best of Judaism|first=Dave|last=Zirin|authorlink=Dave Zirin|date=March 11, 2024}}</ref> [[P.J. Grisar]] said that "[t]hose misunderstanding what Glazer said — or willfully distorting it — are only proving his point" about "what we might choose to ignore for the sake of our own comfort".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grisar |first=P. J. |date=2024-03-11 |title=No, Jonathan Glazer did not ‘refute his Jewishness’ |url=https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/591428/jonathan-glazer-zone-of-interest-speech-gaza-israel-jewishness/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |publisher=[[The Forward]] |language=en}}</ref> Yonah Lieberman, the co-founder of [[IfNotNow]], said that Glazer "clearly meant they refute the way their Jewishness has been hijacked," and denounced those "twisting Glazer’s words."<ref name="Rahman 03-11-2024">{{cite web |title=Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech Becomes Latest Battleground in Israel-Gaza Conflict |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/zone-of-interest-jonathan-glazer-2024-oscar-speech-israel-gaza-conflict-1235848917/ |website=Hollywood Reporter | first =Abid| last= Rahman |access-date=March 13, 2024 |date=March 11, 2024}}</ref> Political commentator and TV host [[Chris Hayes]], supported Glazer, tweeting "It was [a] little awkwardly phrased, but he’s clearly saying he refutes his Jewishness being hijacked. Not refuting his Jewishness".<ref name="Rahman 03-11-2024" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/hollywood-jewish-community-jonathan-glazer-oscar-speech-letter-1235861640/|title=Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Zone Of Interest’ Oscar Speech Draws Condemnation Letter Signed By Hundreds Of Jewish Entertainment Industry Pros|publisher=Deadline}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

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Jonathan Glazer
Glazer in 2023
Born (1965-03-26) 26 March 1965 (age 59)
London, England
EducationNottingham Trent University (BA)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1993–present
Notable work
SpouseRachael Penfold
Children3

Jonathan Glazer (born 26 March 1965) is an English film director and screenwriter. He began his career in theatre before transitioning into film, directing the features Sexy Beast (2000), Birth (2004), Under the Skin (2013), and The Zone of Interest (2023).

His work is often characterised by depictions of flawed and desperate characters, explorations of themes such as alienation and loneliness, a bold visual style that utilises an omniscient perspective and dramatic use of music. Glazer has been nominated for six BAFTA Awards and two Academy Awards. For the historical drama The Zone of Interest, he won both the Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Glazer has also directed numerous music videos for Radiohead, Massive Attack, Richard Ashcroft and others. For his work, he received nominations for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction twice, consecutively for his work on Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity" and Radiohead's "Karma Police". He has also directed commercials for Kodak, Sony, Nike, Barclays and Alexander McQueen, among others.

Early life and education

"There were all these fantastic characters, who were in and out of my house when I was a little boy. Many of them were East End Jews who had moved to the suburbs for a better quality of life, not super-intellectual people, but incredible entertainers – vaudeville musicians, writers and the like. As a child, I loved and absorbed the richness of that culture."

– Glazer about the artistic Jewish community in which he was raised[1]

Jonathan Glazer was born on 26 March 1965 in London, England,[2] and is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.[1][3] His ancestors were Ukrainian Jews and Bessarabian Jews who fled the Kishinev pogrom and arrived in the United Kingdom in the 1900s.[3][4] He said: "My great-grandparents were born in Vilnius and Odesa. One was a tailor. His wife, a seamstress."[3] Having grown up in Hadley Wood, near Barnet, his family was Reform Jewish: "Synagogue three times a year, and Friday-night dinners every week."[4] He attended the Jewish Free School which was then located in the borough of Camden where he still lives.[5] During his childhood, he participated in the Givat Washington programme in which pupils are sent to Israel and spent five months in a youth village, a combination between a boarding school and a kibbutz dedicated to educating children close to nature.[5]

His late father was a cinephile with whom he frequently watched David Lean, Sidney Lumet, Sydney Pollack, and Billy Wilder movies.[4][6] After graduating with an emphasis in theatre design from Nottingham Trent University, Glazer began his career directing theatre and making film and television trailers.[6][7]

Career

1993–1999: Early work and short films

In 1993, Glazer wrote and directed three short films of his own ("Mad", "Pool" and "Commission"), and joined Academy Commercials, a production company based in Central London. He has directed acclaimed campaigns for Guinness (Dreamer, Swimblack and Surfer) and Stella Artois (Devil's Island). Since the mid-1990s, he has directed a number of significant music videos, and was named MTV Director of the Year 1997. He named his video for Radiohead's 1996 single "Street Spirit" as a "turning point" in his work: "I knew when I finished that, because [Radiohead] found their own voices as an artist, at that point, I felt like I got close to whatever mine was, and I felt confident that I could do things that emoted, that had some kind of poetic as well as prosaic value. That for me was a key moment."[8]

2000–2013: Breakthrough and acclaim

In 2000, he directed his first feature, the critically acclaimed British gangster film Sexy Beast, starring Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley, the latter of whom received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[9] In 2004, he directed his second feature film Birth, starring Nicole Kidman in the United States.

In 2001, Glazer directed the "Odyssey" spot for Levi Strauss jeans.[10][11] In 2006, he directed the second Sony BRAVIA TV advertisement, which took ten days and 250 people to film. It was filmed at an estate in Glasgow, and featured paint exploding all over the tower blocks.[12] Later the same year, he was commissioned to make a television advert for the new Motorola Red phone. The advertisement, showing two naked black bodies emerging from a lump of flesh rotating on a potter's wheel, was due to air in September 2006 but was shelved by Motorola. The advertisement was to benefit several charities in Africa.

In 2013, he directed Under the Skin, a loose adaptation of Michel Faber's science fiction novel of the same name starring Scarlett Johansson. The film premiered at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival and received a theatrical release in 2014, garnering critical acclaim.[13] The film was named the best film of 2014 by numerous critics and publications,[14] was included in many best-of-the-decade lists, and ranked 61st on the BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century list, an international poll of 177 top critics.[15] Under the Skin is the subject of a 2019 non-fiction book entitled Alien in the Mirror: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Glazer and Under the Skin by author Maureen Foster, an in-depth analysis of the film scene-by-scene and behind-the-scenes.[16]

2019–present: The Zone of Interest

In October 2019, it was reported that Glazer was working on a new feature film based loosely on Martin Amis’s novel The Zone of Interest, to be co-produced and distributed in the US by A24. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023 to widespread critical acclaim.[17] The film competed for the Palme d'Or,[18] and won the Grand Prix and FIPRESCI Prize.[19]

Academy Awards acceptance speech

At the 96th Academy Awards, accepting the award for Best International Feature Film for The Zone of Interest, Glazer addressed the war in Palestine. He stated:[20][21]

All our choices are made to reflect and confront us in the present. Not to say, ‘Look what they did then,’ rather ‘Look what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present. Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of October 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization — how do we resist?

Personal life

Known to be discreet about his private life,[22] Glazer is married to visual effects supervisor Rachael Penfold.[23] They live in Camden, North London with their three children.[1] He is Jewish.[6][24]

Glazer has often named Stanley Kubrick as his favourite film director and said he was close to Italian and Russian cinemas.[1] His artistic influences include Ingmar Bergman, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Federico Fellini, and Pier Paolo Pasolini.[22]

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Director Writer
2000 Sexy Beast Yes No
2004 Birth Yes Yes
2013 Under the Skin Yes Yes
2023 The Zone of Interest Yes Yes

Short films

Year Title Director Writer Notes
1994 Mad Yes Yes Also producer and editor
1997 Commission Yes Yes
2019 The Fall Yes Yes
2020 Strasbourg 1518 Yes Yes TV short
First Light: Alexander McQueen Yes No

Music videos

Year Title Artist Notes
1995 "Karmacoma" Massive Attack
"The Universal" Blur
1996 "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" Radiohead
"Virtual Insanity" Jamiroquai
1997 "Cosmic Girl" Cancelled
"Into My Arms" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
"Karma Police" Radiohead
1998 "Rabbit in Your Headlights" UNKLE ft. Thom Yorke
2000 "A Song for the Lovers" Richard Ashcroft
"Money to Burn" Cancelled
2006 "Live with Me" Massive Attack
2009 "Treat Me Like Your Mother" The Dead Weather

Commercials

Year Title Company
"Husband to Be" Kodak
"Linda 2" Pretty Polly
"Shock of the New" Mazda
"Chief Executive's Wife" AT&T
"City" Club Med
"Sales Director" AT&T
1996 "Frozen Moment" Nike
"New York" Caffrey's
1997 "Parklife" Nike
1998 "Swimblack" Guinness
"Lamppost" BT Easyreach
1999 "Surfer" Guinness
2000 "Kung Fu" Levi Strauss
"Last Orders" Stella Artois
"Devil's Island"
"Protection" Volkswagen Polo
"Whatever You Ride" Wrangler
2001 "Dreamer" Guinness
2002 "Odyssey" Levi Strauss
2003 "Evil" Barclays
"Bull"
"Chicken"
2004 "Bar"[25] Band Aid 20
"Double Don"
"Rant"
"Razor"
2006 "Ice Skating Priests" Stella Artois
"Paint" Sony BRAVIA
"Clay"[26] Motorola Red
2010 "Temptation" Cadbury's Flake
"Kaka"[27] Sony 3D
"Last Tango in Compton"[28][29] Volkswagen Polo
2013 "The Ring"[30][31] Audi
2019 "Flight" Apple

Idents

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Academy Awards 2024 Best Adapted Screenplay The Zone of Interest Nominated [33]
Best Director Nominated
BAFTA Awards 2001 Outstanding British Film Sexy Beast Nominated
2015 Under the Skin Nominated
2024 The Zone of Interest Won
Best Film Not in the English Language Won
Best Direction Nominated
Best Screenplay (Adapted) Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics 2023 Best Adapted Screenplay Won
Best Director Won
British Independent Film Awards 2001 Best Director Sexy Beast Won
2013 Under the Skin Nominated
Camerimage 2023 Golden Frog The Zone of Interest Nominated
Cannes Film Festival 2023 Palme d'Or Nominated
FIPRESCI Prize Won
Grand Prix Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2002 Most Promising Filmmaker — Nominated
2014 Best Adapted Screenplay Under the Skin Nominated
2023 The Zone of Interest Nominated
European Film Awards 2023 Best European Film Nominated
Best European Director Nominated
Best European Screenwriter Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2023 Best Director Nominated
Gotham Awards 2014 Audience Award Under the Skin Nominated
Best Feature Nominated
2023 Best International Feature The Zone of Interest Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards 2002 Best International Film Sexy Beast Nominated
2015 Under the Skin Nominated
2024 The Zone of Interest Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards 1997 Best Direction "Virtual Insanity" Nominated
Best Editing Nominated
Best Special Effects Won
1998 Best Direction "Karma Police" Nominated
Satellite Awards 2002 Best Director Sexy Beast Nominated
2024 The Zone of Interest Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Venice Film Festival 2004 Golden Lion Birth Nominated
2013 Under the Skin Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b c d O'Hagan, Sean (10 December 2023). "Jonathan Glazer on his holocaust film The Zone of Interest: 'This is not about the past, it's about now'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Glazer, Jonathan (1965-) Biography". Screenonline. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Forestier, François (28 January 2024). "Jonathan Glazer : " Le mal était là, à Auschwitz, et il fallait lui faire face "". L'Obs (in French). Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Collin, Robbie (24 January 2024). "'These people absolutely could be us': Jonathan Glazer on his film about the mastermind of Auschwitz". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b "He's turned the screen Scarlett after a long and alien journey". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Leigh, Danny (6 March 2014). "Under the Skin: why did this chilling masterpiece take a decade?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  7. ^ Cozens, Claire (13 March 2003). "Child abuse ad scoops top gong". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  8. ^ Anthony Kaufman (12 June 2001). "Shooting the "Beast"; Jonathan Glazer Tames the Gangster Genre". indieWIRE. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
  9. ^ "Sexy Beast". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Commercials at Framestore CFC: Levi "Odyssey"". Archived from the original on 18 October 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2006.
  11. ^ "Levis Engineered Jeans in Odyssey". The Inspiration Room. December 2005.
  12. ^ "Bravia Advert – Just another WordPress site". www.bravia-advert.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2006.
  13. ^ McClintock, Pamela (3 November 2010). "Scarlett Johansson gets 'Under the Skin'". Variety. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  14. ^ "The Best Movies of the Decade (2010-19), According to Film Critics". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  15. ^ "The 21st Century's 100 greatest films". 18 April 2017.
  16. ^ "Alien in the Mirror – McFarland". Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  17. ^ "The Zone of Interest, critic reviews". metacritic.com. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  18. ^ Sharf, Zack (23 October 2019). "Seven Years After 'Under the Skin,' Jonathan Glazer Ready to Film Next Movie With A24". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  19. ^ "The 76th Festival de Cannes winners' list". Festival de Cannes. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  20. ^ Pulver, Andrew; Shoard, Catherine (11 March 2024). "'We stand here as Jewish men who refute the Holocaust being hijacked': Jonathan Glazer calls for end to Gaza attacks at Oscars". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  21. ^ "Jonathan Glazer's Warning at the Oscars". Daily Beast.
  22. ^ a b Romney, Jonathan (12 July 2014). "Jonathan Glazer interview: 'It felt as if we were under siege'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  23. ^ Quarshie, Barbara (24 January 2024). "Jonathan Glazer Wife: Meet Rachel Penfold". ABTC. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  24. ^ "'We stand here as Jewish men who refute the Holocaust being hijacked': Jonathan Glazer calls for end to Gaza attacks at Oscars". The Guardian.
  25. ^ Deans, Jason (2 December 2004). "Kingsley reprises Sexy Beast role for Band Aid ads". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  26. ^ "Jonathan Glazer's Motorola Red ad faces chop". Campaign. London. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  27. ^ New Sony 3D TV advert featuring Kaka on YouTube
  28. ^ Sloan, Pat (12 November 2010). "Volkswagen and DDB UK launch epic new Polo campaign – Jonathan Glazer directs stunning "Last Tango in Compton"" (Press release). London: DDB UK. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  29. ^ Volkswagen – 'Last Tango in Compton' on YouTube
  30. ^ The Audi RS 6 Avant TV commercial on YouTube
  31. ^ "Audi 'The Ring' (Director's Cut) by Jonathan Glazer". Academy Films. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  32. ^ Kevin Jagernauth (30 September 2015). "Watch: Channel 4's Surreal And Beautiful New Brand Identi - The Playlist". The Playlist.
  33. ^ Ryan, Patrick (24 January 2024). "'Zone of Interest': How the Oscar-nominated Holocaust drama depicts an 'ambient genocide'". USA Today. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

External links

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