Simone Bitton (born January 3, 1955) is a French-Moroccan documentary filmmaker. Her films have been nominated for or won the César Award, the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film Award, and the Sundance Film Festival, Special Jury Prize (for Mur).
Simone Bitton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Producer, Writer |
Personal life
editBitton was born the daughter of a Jewish jeweller in Rabat, Morocco. In 1966 she immigrated to Israel with her family and served in the IDF during the Yom Kippur War. She describes herself as a Mizrahi Jew.[1] After settling in France, where she now mainly lives she graduated from the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in 1981.[2][3]
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Bitton signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.[4][5][6]
Filmography
edit- 1981 : Solange Giraud, née Tache
- 1990 : Great Voices of Arab Song[7]
- 1992 : Palestine: story of a land
- 1996 : Umm Kulthum
- 1997 : Palestine/israel, histoire d’une terre
- 1998 : Ben Barka, l’équation marocaine
- 1998 : Mahmoud Darwich
- 1999 : Pigu'a / The Bombing
- 2000 : L'Attentat
- 2001 : Citizen Bishara
- 2004 : Wall (Mur)
- 2009 : Rachel
References
edit- ^ Director's bio Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Wall the movie. Retrieved on 2 July 2010
- ^ French Protest of Israeli Raid Reaches Wide Audience New York Times. 12 June 2010
- ^ WALL The Middle East Magazine. November 2004
- ^ "Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat". Libération (in French). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ Newman, Nick (29 December 2023). "Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza". The Film Stage. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire". The Jerusalem Post. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Simone Bitton's "Wall": An Existential Study on Being Shut in and Shut Out | Qantara.de". qantara.de. 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
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