Joseph Cedar

Joseph Cedar was born in New York in 1968. He emigrated to Israel with his family at the age of six. He graduated from the Tish School of the Arts at New York University. His first film Time of Favor received numerous awards and was a popular success in his country. Campfire, his second feature film, was selected for the FICA in 2005 and received the Audience Award. In 2007, he received the Silver Bear at the Berlinale for Beaufort. Footnote is his fourth feature film. Since then, he has been making television series.