Shimon Dotan (Hebrew: שמעון ×"ותן‎; born 23 December 1949)
is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, and producer.Shimon Dotan
was born in Romania in 1949 and moved to Israel in 1959. He grew up in
Moshav Arugot, an agricultural cooperative. He then served five years
in the Israeli military as a Navy Seal and went on to get his BFA at
Tel Aviv University, where his student films won Israel’s Best Short
Film and Best Director Awards twice.Dotan is the recipient of numerous
awards including, the Special Jury Prize for Best World Documentary
Feature at Sundance Film Festival (Hot House), Silver Bear for Best
Actor at Berlin Film Festival (Smile of the Lamb), Best Film Award at
Newport Beach Film Festival (You Can Thank Me Later), two times winner
of Israeli Academy Award for Best Film and Best Director (Repeat Dive,
Smile Of The Lamb) and others.Dotan’s feature films have received
both critical acclaim and commercial success. His debut
writing/directing/producing effort, Repeat Dive (1982), which
chronicles Dotan’s own experiences as a member of Israel’s elite
Navy Commando unit, won three Israeli Academy Awards, including Best
Picture and Best Director, and was selected for the official
competition at the Berlin and Chicago Film Festivals. He followed that
effort with two quasi-documentaries, Souvenirs from Tel Aviv and
Souvenirs from Hebron (1982).
is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, and producer.Shimon Dotan
was born in Romania in 1949 and moved to Israel in 1959. He grew up in
Moshav Arugot, an agricultural cooperative. He then served five years
in the Israeli military as a Navy Seal and went on to get his BFA at
Tel Aviv University, where his student films won Israel’s Best Short
Film and Best Director Awards twice.Dotan is the recipient of numerous
awards including, the Special Jury Prize for Best World Documentary
Feature at Sundance Film Festival (Hot House), Silver Bear for Best
Actor at Berlin Film Festival (Smile of the Lamb), Best Film Award at
Newport Beach Film Festival (You Can Thank Me Later), two times winner
of Israeli Academy Award for Best Film and Best Director (Repeat Dive,
Smile Of The Lamb) and others.Dotan’s feature films have received
both critical acclaim and commercial success. His debut
writing/directing/producing effort, Repeat Dive (1982), which
chronicles Dotan’s own experiences as a member of Israel’s elite
Navy Commando unit, won three Israeli Academy Awards, including Best
Picture and Best Director, and was selected for the official
competition at the Berlin and Chicago Film Festivals. He followed that
effort with two quasi-documentaries, Souvenirs from Tel Aviv and
Souvenirs from Hebron (1982).
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