Duki Dror

Zadok "Duki” Dror (Hebrew: דוקי (צדוק) דרור‎}‎, (born 1963 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an independent filmmaker whose films deal largely with issues of migration, identity and displacement.

Duki Dror
Born1963 (age 57–58)
Tel Aviv, Israel
OccupationDocumentary filmmaker, producer, director
Years active1996–Present
Websitewww.dukidror.com
www.zygotefilm.com

Early inspiration and education

Dror studied in the United States at UCLA and is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago. His graduate film, Sentenced to Learn (1993), which tells the story of lifetime inmates in Illinois prisons, was screened in the Pompidou Center in Paris as part of an American Documentary retrospective.[1][2] In 2010, PBS aired a special series of his documentaries.[3][4] Dror's films are character-driven stories and deal with issues of identity, displacement and cross-cultural exchange.[5]

In the early 1950s, Dror's parents fled from their native Iraq for the newly established state of Israel.[6] When Dror's father was 17 he was arrested on charges of political activism and ultimately served five years in prison as a political prisoner.[7] Upon his release, Dror's father was not allowed to stay in Iraq and the family ended up leaving for Israel. Arriving in the newly established state of Israel Dror's parents changed their Arabic family name, Darwish (Arabic for "wandering"), to the name Dror (Hebrew for "freedom").[8] The story behind Dror's parents' emigration to Israel, and his father's story in particular, informs the central dramatic theme in Dror's personal film diary My Fantasia[9][10] (2000) which takes place in the Dror's family-owned Menorah factory between the First and Second Gulf War. The history, culture and identity of Arab Jews has also informed a number of Dror's other work including Cafe Noah (1996),[10][11] and Shadow in Baghdad (2013) about the disappearance of Baghdad's Jewish population.[12]

Festivals and awards

Dror's films have been internationally recognized at numerous festivals.

Raging Dove (2002),[13] the story of Arab-Israeli world boxing champion Johar Lashin, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival[14] and won multiple awards, including Best Israeli Documentary in Docaviv.[15] In 2006, Dror's film about the Vietnamese boat people who immigrated to Israel, The Journey of Vaan Nguyen, was the opening film at EBS Film Festival in Seoul and received the Remi Award at Houston Worldfest.[16] In 2012, Dror's film on German-Jewish architect Erich Mendelsohn Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions received the Golden Award(FILAF d'Or) at the International Art Book and Film Festival (FILAF) in France.[17] Partner with the Enemy (2014)[18] the winner of the Golden Panda Award for long documentary at Sichuan Television Festival.[19] Down The Deep, Dark Web (2016) – premiered in DOK Leipzig,[20] nominated for the Ophir Award for Best Documentary under 60 minutes.[21][22]

Filmography

Director
  • 1993 Sentenced to Learn
  • 1996 Radio Daze
  • 1997 Warp & Weft
  • 1997 Cafe Noah
  • 1998 Shenkin – A Street of Faith
  • 1998 Stress
  • 1999 Taqasim
  • 1999 Red Vibes
  • 2000 Watchman
  • 2001 My Fantasia
  • 2002 Raging Dove
  • 2004 Mr. Cortisone Happy Days
  • 2005 The Journey of Van Nguyen
  • 2007 SideWalk
  • 2009 Across the River
  • 2011 Mendelsohn's Incessant Visions
  • 2013 Shadow in Baghdad
  • 2014 Partner with the Enemy
  • 2016 Down the Deep, Dark Web
  • 2017 Inside The Mossad (TV series)
  • 2018 Inside The Mossad (The Movie)

Producer
  • 2003 Paradise Lost
  • 2004 Collaborators
  • 2005 A General's Story
  • 2012 Seekers
  • 2013 Photonovela
  • 2016 Praise the Lard

References
  1. "Duki Dror – Biography". Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema (CFIC).
  2. "Personnes | Africultures". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  3. "Israeli Film Festival: Duki Dror | KQED". KQED Public Media. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  4. "The Israeli Film Festival: The Films of Duki Dror Air on MHz Worldview". MHz Networks: Programming for a Globally Minded Audience. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  5. "Down the Deep Dark Web". Festival international du film documentaire. 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  6. "My Fantasia | Israeli Film Database | Israel Film Center". www.israelfilmcenter.org. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  7. Shohat, Ella (2010-07-30). Israeli Cinema: East / West and the Politics of Representation. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857713889.
  8. "The Long Way Home, an interview with Duki Dror" (PDF). UCSC Eye Candy, vol. 23.
  9. Levron, Merav Alush. "The politics of ethnic melancholy in Israeli cinema". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. Shemer, Yaron (2013-07-30). Identity, Place, and Subversion in Contemporary Mizrahi Cinema in Israel. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472118847.
  11. "Cafe Noah – Al Jazeera". Al Jazeera.
  12. "Centuries of Judaica From Life and Rites in Muslim Lands". New York Times.
  13. "Raging Dove: A Documentary Film". international.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  14. "SXSW Film Reviews". Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  15. "DocAviv". archive.docaviv.co.il. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  16. "TAU Student Film Festival – Judges". Tel Aviv University Student Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  17. "FILAF awarded its prizes". Art Media Agency.
  18. Dekel, Ayelet. "Partner with the Enemy | MidnightEast". www.midnighteast.com. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  19. "Partner with the Enemy and Women in Sink". Rutgers Jewish Film Festival. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  20. Leipzig, DOK. "Down the Deep, Dark Web (Down the Deep, Dark Web) | DOK Leipzig". Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  21. Desk, BWW News. "30th Israel Film Festival In Los Angeles To Feature Natalie Portman, Sharon Stone, Jewish Federation, And More, 11/9". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  22. MENET, Nicolas. "About – Earn a living". About – Earn a living. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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