Eytan Fox | |
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איתן פוקס | |
 Fox at the 2012Tribeca Film Festival world premiere ofYossi's Story | |
| Born | (1964-08-21)August 21, 1964 (age 60) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation(s) | Film director,producer,screenwriter |
| Partner | Gal Uchovsky |
Eytan Fox (Hebrew:איתן פוקס; born on August 21, 1964) is an Israeli film director.
Eytan Fox was born inNew York City. His familyimmigrated to Israel when he was two. His father, Seymour Fox, was aConservative rabbi and a professor of Jewish education at theHebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] His mother, Sara Kaminker-Fox, was the head of the Jerusalem city council and involved in Jerusalem urban planning. Fox has two brothers,David and Danny.[2] GeneralYehuda Fox is his cousin.[3] He grew up inJerusalem, served in the army, and studied atTel Aviv University's School of Film and Television. He is openlygay and many of his films contain themes ofhomosexuality, as well as the effect theIsraeli–Palestinian conflict has on interpersonal relationships.[4]
Fox and his partner,Gal Uchovsky,[5] have a long-term relationship.[6] They are also professional collaborators, Uchovsky, a screenwriter, producer and journalist, is involved in much of the scriptwriting for Fox's movies.[7]
His 2002 filmYossi & Jagger is a portrayal of the love between two young Jewish military men while completing their mandatory national service. In the 2004 filmWalk on Water, he takes on the thorny topics of racism/discrimination and confronting the Nazi past of two young upper class Germans.Lior Ashkenazi plays a Mossad assassin under cover as a tour guide. In the 2006 filmThe Bubble, he asks the big question: What is love? as the film follows three young Tel Aviv residents, a female political activist and her two gay roommates, one of whom (the same actor fromYossi & Jagger) falls in love with a Palestinian (who also appears as a waiter) while on border guard duty as part of his national military service.
In 2006, Fox was the first recipient of theWashington Jewish Film Festival's Decade Award, a prize given to a filmmaker whose work has made a significant contribution to Jewish cinema over a period of at least ten years.[8]
