Photo: Nadav Lapid / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
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.
Overview
Nadav Lapid (Hebrew: נדב לפיד, born 8 April 1975) is an Israeli screenwriter and film director. Most known for his political drama films Synonyms (2019) and Ahed's Knee (2021). Film critics consider him to be among the most internationally acclaimed filmmakers from Israel.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rabbit
- Origin
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / writer / literary critic / journalist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- 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
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.