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Meir Zarchi

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Meir Zarchi
Born1937 (age 86–87)
NationalityAmerican-Israeli
OccupationFilm director
SpouseCamille Keaton (1979-1982)

Meir Zarchi (born 1937[1]) is a film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Career

Zarchi's first professional film credit came from providing the story for the 1962 Israeli drama Nini.

Zarchi first film effort as a director was I Spit on Your Grave a.k.a. Day of the Woman (1978), which starred Camille Keaton, whom he married the following year. The story of a woman seeking violent revenge on the men who raped her, Grave was considered controversial and the time of its release and suffered censorship in various countries. In 2010, Zarchi co-produced the remake of I Spit on Your Grave and the remake's subsequent sequels I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013) and I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine (2015).

Zarchi's sophomore effort came seven years later with the revenge-drama, set in New York City, Don't Mess with My Sister.

Nearly forty years after the original film, Zarchi filmed the official sequel I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu in October 2015 with Keaton reprising her role as Jennifer Hills.[2]

Filmography

References

  • Art Ettinger, "Day of Meir Zarchi," Ultra Violent (USA), Iss. 9, pg. 48-65, 2007.
  • Jeffrey Frentzen, "Fangoria" (USA) I Spit on Your Grave Vol. 3, Iss. 39, pg. 14-18, 1984.
Notes
  1. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/meir_zarchi/
  2. ^ Miska, Brad. "Meir Zarchi Just Finished a Sequel to His Own 'I Spit On Your Grave'!". Bloody Disgusting. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)