Filmmaker · Israel
Eli Cohen
Eli Cohen, born in Hadera in 1940, commanded the Nahal troupe during his service, studied theatre and psychology at Tel Aviv University, then cinema at the London Film School in 1970 and 1971. An actor in theatre, film and television since the end of the sixties, often in romantic lead roles, he moved into directing in the eighties. One of his subsequent films, based on a narrative by Gila Almagor, received the Silver Bear in Berlin in 1989, and another was selected at Cannes in 1995, in the Un certain regard section.