Shlomi Elkabetz
Shlomi Elkabetz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 December 1972[1] |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, director |
| Children | One |
| Relatives | Ronit Elkabetz (sister) |
Shlomi Elkabetz (Hebrew: שלומי אלקבץ; born 5 December 1972) is an Israeli actor, writer and director.[2][3][4][1] He is known for playing Simon in HBO's Our Boys.[5]
Early life
[edit]The Elkabetzes were Moroccan Jews who immigrated to Israel. His mother was a hairdresser, and his father was a postal employee.[6] He was the youngest of four children, and his older sister was the late actress Ronit Elkabetz.
Career
[edit]Elkabetz is best known for his Vivian Amsalem trilogy comprising the films, To Take a Wife, Shiva and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem. Elkabetz co-wrote and co-directed the films with his older sister, Ronit Elkabetz, who also starred in the films as Viviane Amsalem, an unhappy Israeli housewife trapped in a marriage with a pious man she cannot stand. The films were loosely based on the relationship between the Elkabetz's parents.
Elkabetz also directed the 2011 film Edut, which again starred his sister.
In 2016, he produced the film In Between.
Elkabetz made his acting debut as the lead in the 2019 series Our Boys.
Personal life
[edit]Since age 21, Elkabetz splits his time between Tel Aviv and Paris.
He lives in Tel Aviv with his partner Yuval and is the father of a daughter, Rene Lilian Elkabetz Dori, co-parenting with the singer Dikla.
Awards and recognition
[edit]| Year | Award | Film | Credits | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Golden Globe Awards | Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem | Director | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | [7] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ronit Elkabetz & Shlomi Elkabetz". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Critics' Week. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Hoffman, Jordan (4 January 2019). "Feminist Arab-Israeli's film In Between stirs up strife in and out of theaters". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (18 March 2019). "Series Mania to Showcase Shlomi Elkabetz-Produced Series The Dreamers". Variety. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Thompson, Anne (16 February 2015). "Shlomi Elkabetz on Fighting for Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem". IndieWire. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Sharir, Moran (16 September 2019). "Israeli Star of HBO's Our Boys Explains Why You Have to Watch the Show". Haaretz. Tel Aviv, Israel. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Steinberg, Jessica. "Ronit Elkabetz, luminary of the Israeli and French screens, dies at 51". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Shlomi Elkabetz". GoldenGlobes.com. Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
External links
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Israeli male television actors
- Israeli film directors
- Israeli male screenwriters
- Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
- 20th-century Moroccan Jews
- Academic staff of Sapir Academic College
- Israeli expatriates in France
- Israeli gay writers
- Israeli gay actors
- Israeli gay artists
- Israeli LGBTQ film directors
- Israeli LGBTQ screenwriters
- Gay Jews
- Gay screenwriters