14 Facts About Uri Barbash

Uri Barbash is an Israeli film director and television director, member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Uri Barbash was born in Tel Aviv, but at the age of two the family moved to Be'er Sheva, where he grew up.

Uri Barbash's father, Menachem, was a member of the Shai unit and later a member of the public service.

Uri Barbash's mother was a teacher, school principal, and teacher trainer.

In Sayeret, Uri Barbash underwent a training course as a warrior, as well as an infantry company commander course and a reconnaissance course.

Uri Barbash has a brother, Benny, a writer and screenwriter with whom he collaborates on his work, and a sister, Hani.

The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and Uri Barbash won the FIPRESCI Prize from the International Federation of Film Critics at the Venice Film Festival for his work.

In December 1989, Uri Barbash was named the director of the decade in Israeli cinema in a poll conducted by the Israel Film Institute and Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

In 1990, Uri Barbash created "The Eagle's Path", again with his brother Benny, who wrote the script with Assi Dayan.

In 1994, Uri Barbash directed the television series "The Kastner Trial", written by Motti Lerner, which won the Television Academy Award at the end of that year.

Uri Barbash taught film at the Camera Obscura School and at Beit Zvi School and was a member of the teaching committee of the Sam Spiegel School in Jerusalem.

Uri Barbash adds, renews, and refreshes his cinematic ways of expression.

In December 2015, Uri Barbash won the Arik Einstein Award, given to veteran filmmakers by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Director Uri Barbash manages with great skill to weave the elements of the story into a gripping and moving documentary drama.