Sameh Zoabi

Sameh Zoabi is a Palestinian Israeli film writer and director best known for his 2019 film Tel Aviv on Fire.

Childhood and education

Zoabi grew up in Iksal, a village near Nazareth, Israel.[1][2] His father is a farmer.[1] He studied at Tel Aviv University and then attended Columbia University on a Fulbright scholarship.[1][2]

Zoabi lives in Brooklyn and teaches at New York University.[3][4]

Career

Zoabi made Be Quiet, a short film, in 2005. His feature length debut was Man Without a Cell Phone (2010).[2]

gollark: How many nebulae do you have growing right now?
gollark: Ah, yes, chronos, the best of our xenowyrm overlords.
gollark: There's someone trying to sell off a `TREES` code. It's an albino.
gollark: Oh, cool!
gollark: I don't have or want vampire dragons, you know.

References
  1. "'Tel Aviv on Fire' representing Luxembourg, not Israel, at the Oscars". Jerusalem Post. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. "Soap-Opera Comedy Ignites 'Tel Aviv On Fire'". Baltimore Jewish Times. 21 August 2019.
  3. "'Tel Aviv on Fire' Director Sameh Zoabi Talks About His Venice Fest Film". Variety. 4 September 2018.
  4. "A comedy about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? An NYU professor and filmmaker's 'Tel Aviv on Fire' goes there". amNewYork.
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