Nadav Lapid

Nadav Lapid is the sort of filmmaker I genuinely respect because he refuses to flatter anyone, least of all his own country. Winning the Golden Bear for Synonyms and a Cannes Jury Prize for Ahed's Knee, he has built a reputation on confrontation rather than comfort, interrogating Israeli identity with a restless, unsparing eye. The fact that he also works as a critic and journalist tells me he is driven by ideas first and aesthetics second. I am drawn to artists who leave you unsettled, and Lapid does exactly that. He makes the kind of cinema that argues with you long after the credits roll.

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Name (English)

Nadav Lapid

Name (Japanese)

ナダヴ・ラピド

Reading

なだゔ・らぴど

Born

April 8, 1975 (age 51)

Origin

Tel Aviv, Israel

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / writer / literary critic / journalist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rabbit

University

Tel Aviv University

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Locarno International Film Festival Special Jury Prize
• 2019 Golden Bear
• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
• 2021 Jury Prize

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadav%20Lapid
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%80%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%94%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7060835

Tags

• film director
• screenwriter
• writer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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