| Leon (Leonid) Prudovsky | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1978-05-24) May 24, 1978 (age 46) Leningrad, USSR |
| Other names | Leon Prudovsky |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, scriptwriter and actor. |
| Years active | 2003-present |
Leon Prudovsky (Hebrew: לאון פרודובסקי; Russian: Леонид Прудовский) (born May 24, 1978) is an Israeli film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
Biography
Leon (Leonid) Prudovsky was born in 1978 in Leningrad, USSR (today: St. Petersburg, Russia) and immigrated to Israel at the age of 13. He graduated from Tel Aviv University, the Film and TV department in 2004. His diploma work, a short film Dark Night, was nominated for Student Academy Award in 2005, and won numerous awards in prestigious international film festivals such as 62nd Venice International Film Festival, Jerusalem Film Festival, Beijing, Palm Springs International Film Festival, New York, Bucharest and many others.
In 2006 he co-wrote and directed a TV hour film Like a Fish out of Water for channel 2, winning several TV awards as well as nomination for Israeli TV Academy. In 2009 he co-wrote and directed his first feature film Five Hours from Paris, selected as a Discovery for Toronto International Film Festival and winning Haifa, Napoli and Nice Film Festivals. In 2010 he directed a 4-episodes series Troyka, featuring leading Israeli and Russian actors. He served as an artistic adviser for the Israeli Film Fund and the Jerusalem Film Fund, a script adviser for Tel Aviv University and Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem and directed promotional clips for TV during many years. His last short film Welcome and … Our Condolences premiered in Haifa International Film Festival.
Filmography
As director and writer
- 2003 – Occasional Rain (short)
- 2004 – Roads to Kefar Qasem (documentary)
- 2005 – Dark Night (short)
- 2007 – Like a Fish Out of Water (TV movie)
- 2009 – Five Hours from Paris (feature film)
- 2010 – Troika (series)
- 2011 – Welcome and … Our Condolences
- 2014-15 - Semeynyy albom (en: Family Album) (TV series) - TV premiere: 2016
- 2022 – My Neighbor Adolf
As producer
- 2002 – Brother and Sister (executive producer)
- 2006 – Nes
As second unit director or assistant director
- 2004 – Veronica (assistant director)
As actor
- 2006 – Nes: as bartender
- 2007 – Like a Fish Out of Water: as immigrant
Awards
- 2005:
- Best Short Film award and special mention at 62nd Venice International Film Festival for the movie Dark Night;
- Television Drama Award - Honorable Mention at the Jerusalem Film Festival for the movie Dark Night;
- 2006:
- award in Best Film category, at the Cittadella del Corto - International Short Film Festival for the movie Dark Night;
- nomination for the Golden Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow in the category East of the Mediterranean, at the Locarno International Film Festival for the movie Dark Night;
- Audience Award in the Best Live Action category, at the Palm Springs International ShortFest for the movie Dark Night;
- 2009: Israeli Film Competition Award in the category: best film, at the Haifa International Film Festival for the movie Five Hours from Paris;
- 2011: Best Film award in the feature film category, at the Napoli Film Festival (I) for the movie Five Hours from Paris;
- 2013: Youth Jury Award in the international competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival for the film Welcome and … Our Condolences;
References
- Anderman, Nirit “35 reasons not to cut the film budget”, Ha'aretz. Retrieved on 20 September 2012.
- University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest “Budapest Cinematography Master Class: Participants 2003”, Budapest Cinematography. Retrieved on 20 September 2012.
- Gersherson, Olga “Aliya to The Movies. Russian and Israeli Cinema”, Jewish Quarterly. Published on 3 May 2011. Retrieved on 20 September 2012.
- 2Team Productions (2004) Ltd “Welcome and … our Condolences. Leon Prudovsky”, 2Team Productions (2004) Ltd. Retrieved on 20 September 2012.
- "Семейный альбом (2015) - информация о фильме - российские фильмы и сериалы - Кино-Театр.РУ". www.kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- "PISF - "My Neighbor Adolf" is set to Begin filming". Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- My Neighbor, Adolf, retrieved 2019-05-20
- "My Neighbor, Adolf". 2teamproductions.com. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
- "Łukasz Targosz z soundtrackiem do filmu "My Neighbor Adolf" - Polska Płyta / Polska Muzyka" (in Polish). 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- "My Neighbor Adolf". www.2-team.com. Retrieved 2022-08-18.