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Amos Gitai

アモス・ギタイ　/　あもす・ぎたい

Architect from Israel

October 11, 1950 (age 75)　・　Haifa, Israel

architect
film director
screenwriter

My Take

What fascinates me about Gitai is the architect-turned-filmmaker arc. A man trained in structures at Berkeley who chose to build with light and time instead of concrete — I read his cinema as architecture by other means, framing space so it outlasts the moment. The retrospectives at the Pompidou, MoMA and the British Film Institute tell me the art world treats him as a serious author, not a festival novelty, and the Italian Order of the Star confirms a body of work with real weight. I'm drawn to artists who carry rigor across disciplines, and Gitai strikes me as exactly that kind of quietly principled craftsman.

Overview

Amos Gitai (Hebrew: עמוס גיתאי) is an Israeli artist and filmmaker, born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel. Gitai's work was presented in several major retrospectives in Pompidou Center in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Lincoln Center in New York, and the British Film Institute in London.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Amos Gitai
Name (Japanese): アモス・ギタイ
Reading: あもす・ぎたい
Born: October 11, 1950 (age 75)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Tiger
Origin: Haifa, Israel
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: architect / film director / screenwriter / film producer / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of California, Berkeley

Awards & achievements

2019 Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy
2011 honorary doctorate from Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
2008 Annual award ACFK

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.amosgitai.com
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4

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