Amos Kollek

Amos Kollek

Nascimento : , Jerusalem, Israel

História

Amos Kollek (born 1947) is an Israeli filmmaker and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amos Kollek, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Amos Kollek

Filmes

The Sumo Wrestler
Jack
This is the story of an Israeli man, Jack, whose wife has been killed in a suicide bombing, leaving him in charge of two young daughters. Jack, on the verge of suicide, decides they need a fresh start and moves the family to New York. He quickly meets, marries, and moves in with Kathy, a mother of four, to try to fill the void. It doesn't. He needs some quixotic pursuit to keep him going. Kathy's stepdaughter Carmen gives him an idea: Sumo Wrestling. With Jack training, the kids start getting into trouble, Carmen tries to seduce Jack, Kathy's at her wits end... the family is falling apart. With his first match approaching, what can Jack do to do save his life and save his family?
The Sumo Wrestler
Director
This is the story of an Israeli man, Jack, whose wife has been killed in a suicide bombing, leaving him in charge of two young daughters. Jack, on the verge of suicide, decides they need a fresh start and moves the family to New York. He quickly meets, marries, and moves in with Kathy, a mother of four, to try to fill the void. It doesn't. He needs some quixotic pursuit to keep him going. Kathy's stepdaughter Carmen gives him an idea: Sumo Wrestling. With Jack training, the kids start getting into trouble, Carmen tries to seduce Jack, Kathy's at her wits end... the family is falling apart. With his first match approaching, what can Jack do to do save his life and save his family?
Chronicling A Crisis
Himself
An intimately personal documentary by Amos Kollek that chronicles himself and his family from 2004 to the present.
Chronicling A Crisis
Director
An intimately personal documentary by Amos Kollek that chronicles himself and his family from 2004 to the present.
Restless
Writer
Moshe Amar is a once poet and now a "businessman" who left his wife with their new born in Israel twenty years ago and spent them in the land of limitless possibilities trying to leave a mark of immortality but, up to that point, only got the marks that frantic debt collectors are more than happy to give. Tsach is the abandoned son who is now a skilled sniper in the Israeli Army. Tsach resents his father for both abandoning his mother for 21 years and not attending her funeral.
Restless
Director
Moshe Amar is a once poet and now a "businessman" who left his wife with their new born in Israel twenty years ago and spent them in the land of limitless possibilities trying to leave a mark of immortality but, up to that point, only got the marks that frantic debt collectors are more than happy to give. Tsach is the abandoned son who is now a skilled sniper in the Israeli Army. Tsach resents his father for both abandoning his mother for 21 years and not attending her funeral.
Music
Writer
Spiced with surreal, Kafkaesque twists, MUSIC is about a man who loves music and is fascinated by the fair sex. But he is not quite sure why and how he has ended up in this strange hotel room...
Music
Director
Spiced with surreal, Kafkaesque twists, MUSIC is about a man who loves music and is fascinated by the fair sex. But he is not quite sure why and how he has ended up in this strange hotel room...
Happy End
Writer
Val is 23 years old and full of dreams. She travels to New York to become an actress. She is lonely in a strange country, in a strange city, with little money and no friends. In her path, she meets weird people who they, also, seek their dreams but everyday life gets in the way. Tired and hungry she sits on the corner of a building. Across the street a writer whose fantasy has dry out. In an instant she becomes his muse... At the Oscar's night she will be the one with the Golden Globe in her hands.
Happy End
Director
Val is 23 years old and full of dreams. She travels to New York to become an actress. She is lonely in a strange country, in a strange city, with little money and no friends. In her path, she meets weird people who they, also, seek their dreams but everyday life gets in the way. Tired and hungry she sits on the corner of a building. Across the street a writer whose fantasy has dry out. In an instant she becomes his muse... At the Oscar's night she will be the one with the Golden Globe in her hands.
Angela
Screenplay
Manhattan- as it is every day of the week, year in, year out. Life is pretty routine for Bob, about to turn 70, yet aching for one last fling. Maybe his shrink is right: he should place an ad in the paper and just go out and look for someone. Someone like Angela. Because: This is New York.... Anything can happen... The sky's the limit...
Angela
Director
Manhattan- as it is every day of the week, year in, year out. Life is pretty routine for Bob, about to turn 70, yet aching for one last fling. Maybe his shrink is right: he should place an ad in the paper and just go out and look for someone. Someone like Angela. Because: This is New York.... Anything can happen... The sky's the limit...
Bridget
Writer
Being addicted to alcohol, single mother Anna had to give her son to foster parents, but they would "sell" him back if she offers enough money. When she gets to know Pete, the mentally handicapped son of a wealthy author, his father asks her to marry his son for one million dollar.
Bridget
Director
Being addicted to alcohol, single mother Anna had to give her son to foster parents, but they would "sell" him back if she offers enough money. When she gets to know Pete, the mentally handicapped son of a wealthy author, his father asks her to marry his son for one million dollar.
Queenie in Love
Producer
A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.
Queenie in Love
Writer
A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.
Queenie in Love
Director
A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.
Kollek
Director
Chronicles the life of one of Israel's founding fathers, Teddy Kollek, from his days as a Zionist leader to his rescue of 3,000 Jews and his 29 years as mayor of Jerusalem.
Fast Food Fast Women
Writer
How important is the truth when falling in love? Bella is a Manhattan café waitress, about to turn 35, stuck in a long-term affair going nowhere. Paul is a widower, facing old age alone. Bella's mother sets her up with Bruno, a novelist/cabbie who likes to bed-hop and whose ex-wife expects their two children to stay with him for awhile. While Bruno learns some maturity from his young daughter, Paul answers a personals ad placed by a "widow, 60." The two couples - along with one of Paul's older pals and a Jungian stripper - sort out how to initiate a relationship these days, what to do when someone you like disappoints you, and when to tell the truth.
Fast Food Fast Women
Director
How important is the truth when falling in love? Bella is a Manhattan café waitress, about to turn 35, stuck in a long-term affair going nowhere. Paul is a widower, facing old age alone. Bella's mother sets her up with Bruno, a novelist/cabbie who likes to bed-hop and whose ex-wife expects their two children to stay with him for awhile. While Bruno learns some maturity from his young daughter, Paul answers a personals ad placed by a "widow, 60." The two couples - along with one of Paul's older pals and a Jungian stripper - sort out how to initiate a relationship these days, what to do when someone you like disappoints you, and when to tell the truth.
Sue
Producer
Uma ex-funcionária de escritório desempregada à procura de emprego flutua uma frágil linha de sanidade enquanto luta para encontrar amizade e companhia. Sua apreensão ténue da realidade flutua ainda mais quando um homem que ela conheceu num restaurante e com quem começou um caso é chamado para ir para a Índia para uma comissão. A última gota ocorre quando ela é despejada e se muda para um hotel desprezível. Começa então a procurar sexo ocasional em locais pouco ortodoxos apenas para ter o contacto humano.
Sue
Writer
Uma ex-funcionária de escritório desempregada à procura de emprego flutua uma frágil linha de sanidade enquanto luta para encontrar amizade e companhia. Sua apreensão ténue da realidade flutua ainda mais quando um homem que ela conheceu num restaurante e com quem começou um caso é chamado para ir para a Índia para uma comissão. A última gota ocorre quando ela é despejada e se muda para um hotel desprezível. Começa então a procurar sexo ocasional em locais pouco ortodoxos apenas para ter o contacto humano.
Sue
Director
Uma ex-funcionária de escritório desempregada à procura de emprego flutua uma frágil linha de sanidade enquanto luta para encontrar amizade e companhia. Sua apreensão ténue da realidade flutua ainda mais quando um homem que ela conheceu num restaurante e com quem começou um caso é chamado para ir para a Índia para uma comissão. A última gota ocorre quando ela é despejada e se muda para um hotel desprezível. Começa então a procurar sexo ocasional em locais pouco ortodoxos apenas para ter o contacto humano.
Fiona
Writer
O realizador de Sue continua a sua exploração do tema das mulheres solitárias perdido na grande cidade com Fiona, que vai um passo além e expõe as vidas desperdiçadas de prostitutas e viciados em New York. A história de Fiona e sua mãe é contada em oito capítulos. Fiona é abandonada aos seis meses de idade, criadaa em lares adotivos, abusada, e, ainda em adolescente, vagueia pelas ruas de Nova Iorque.Vêmo-la tomar heroína, apaixonar-se por outras mulheres, ser perseguida por homens, envolver-se em violência assassina, esconder-se numa casa de crack, e decidir-se a deixar a cidade. Vemos a mãe dela, também uma mulher da rua e toxicodependente, ocasionalmente falar sobre a sua filha perdida. Será que mãe e filha se conheceram? Existe uma réstia de esperança?
Fiona
Director
O realizador de Sue continua a sua exploração do tema das mulheres solitárias perdido na grande cidade com Fiona, que vai um passo além e expõe as vidas desperdiçadas de prostitutas e viciados em New York. A história de Fiona e sua mãe é contada em oito capítulos. Fiona é abandonada aos seis meses de idade, criadaa em lares adotivos, abusada, e, ainda em adolescente, vagueia pelas ruas de Nova Iorque.Vêmo-la tomar heroína, apaixonar-se por outras mulheres, ser perseguida por homens, envolver-se em violência assassina, esconder-se numa casa de crack, e decidir-se a deixar a cidade. Vemos a mãe dela, também uma mulher da rua e toxicodependente, ocasionalmente falar sobre a sua filha perdida. Será que mãe e filha se conheceram? Existe uma réstia de esperança?
Teddy Kollek
Writer
Teddy Kollek
Director
Whore 2
Screenplay
Jack, a writer, gets personally involved with his subjects after he is commissioned to pen a book on prostitution.
Whore 2
Jack
Jack, a writer, gets personally involved with his subjects after he is commissioned to pen a book on prostitution.
Whore 2
Director
Jack, a writer, gets personally involved with his subjects after he is commissioned to pen a book on prostitution.
Minha Outra Metade
Producer
Upon arriving Israel on her first foreign assignment, American photojournalist Faye Milano is greeted by David, an Israeli officer and writer who's also the nephew of Jerusalem's mayor
Minha Outra Metade
Writer
Upon arriving Israel on her first foreign assignment, American photojournalist Faye Milano is greeted by David, an Israeli officer and writer who's also the nephew of Jerusalem's mayor
Minha Outra Metade
Director
Upon arriving Israel on her first foreign assignment, American photojournalist Faye Milano is greeted by David, an Israeli officer and writer who's also the nephew of Jerusalem's mayor
Minha Outra Metade
David
Upon arriving Israel on her first foreign assignment, American photojournalist Faye Milano is greeted by David, an Israeli officer and writer who's also the nephew of Jerusalem's mayor
High Stakes
Producer
A New York hooker tries to keep her daughter out of the clutches of the mobsters she works for.
High Stakes
Writer
A New York hooker tries to keep her daughter out of the clutches of the mobsters she works for.
High Stakes
Director
A New York hooker tries to keep her daughter out of the clutches of the mobsters she works for.
Para Sempre Lulu
Larry
When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane job, Elaine falls on hard times and also becomes intrigued by a mysterious stranger named Lulu. Before long, Elaine gets roped into situations involving theft, murder and the mob. Can the beleaguered expatriate with big dreams turn her life around and steer clear of crime and chaos?
Para Sempre Lulu
Producer
When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane job, Elaine falls on hard times and also becomes intrigued by a mysterious stranger named Lulu. Before long, Elaine gets roped into situations involving theft, murder and the mob. Can the beleaguered expatriate with big dreams turn her life around and steer clear of crime and chaos?
Para Sempre Lulu
Writer
When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane job, Elaine falls on hard times and also becomes intrigued by a mysterious stranger named Lulu. Before long, Elaine gets roped into situations involving theft, murder and the mob. Can the beleaguered expatriate with big dreams turn her life around and steer clear of crime and chaos?
Para Sempre Lulu
Director
When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane job, Elaine falls on hard times and also becomes intrigued by a mysterious stranger named Lulu. Before long, Elaine gets roped into situations involving theft, murder and the mob. Can the beleaguered expatriate with big dreams turn her life around and steer clear of crime and chaos?
Goodbye, New York
Producer
A young New York woman, devastated to find out that her husband has been cheating on her, decides to hop a plane to Paris to get away. However, she falls asleep on the plane, misses her connection, and winds up in Israel, with no money, no luggage and no friends.
Goodbye, New York
Writer
A young New York woman, devastated to find out that her husband has been cheating on her, decides to hop a plane to Paris to get away. However, she falls asleep on the plane, misses her connection, and winds up in Israel, with no money, no luggage and no friends.
Goodbye, New York
Director
A young New York woman, devastated to find out that her husband has been cheating on her, decides to hop a plane to Paris to get away. However, she falls asleep on the plane, misses her connection, and winds up in Israel, with no money, no luggage and no friends.
Goodbye, New York
David
A young New York woman, devastated to find out that her husband has been cheating on her, decides to hop a plane to Paris to get away. However, she falls asleep on the plane, misses her connection, and winds up in Israel, with no money, no luggage and no friends.
Worlds Apart
Writer
After fighting the Arab armies, Assaf, an Israeli soldier, falls in love with an American living in the Arab district of Jerusalem. One day, he believes he recognizes a wanted terrorist.
Worlds Apart
Assaf
After fighting the Arab armies, Assaf, an Israeli soldier, falls in love with an American living in the Arab district of Jerusalem. One day, he believes he recognizes a wanted terrorist.