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Amit Itzcar

Obsessive Compulsive Director

About Me

Born in 1979, Amit Itzcar grew up in Givataim, a small town outside Tel-Aviv. He served in the communication corps for 3 years as a video-editor and an animator. After his service, Amit went to study art and film at "Minshar For Art" where later he worked, not before working in a video store for 6 years.
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Movies, Music Videos & Video-Art
A Fistful Of Something (2003)
Hangar (2004)
Punkache - Kibalti Ta'pedal (2004) - Starring Tchelet Semel
The Black & Whites - Play It Safe (2004)
The Black & Whites - I'm In The Kitchen (2004)
The Girls - Blonde (2004)
Agam (2004) (as screenwriter/actor)
Hand Job: How To Make A Cocksicle (2006)
Drop (2006)
The Powers That Be (2006)
Floating (2006) - Music by Lebanon
The Disposables: I'll Hate Myself In The Morning (2006)
Monotonix - Live At The Patifon (2006)
Permanents - Beskinney (2006)
Caveman - Homesick (2006)
The Girls - Rush (2007)
The Safety In Rubber (2007) - A short clip from the film
Widescreen (2008) - in production
Screenings & Festivals
VideoZone3 Biennale 2006 - Floating
"Mix Brasil" at Sau-Paulo Film Festival - The Safety In Rubber
Tel-Aviv Cinemateque - The Safety In Rubber
International Festival of Film Schools 2007 - The Safety In Rubber
CineMAiubit Festival in Romania - The Safety in Rubber
sehsüchte: Europe’s Biggest International Student Film Festival - The Safety in Rubber
From The Media
A review on the 1st cut of "I'll Hate Myself In The Morning" - By Avi Buhbut
An interview - By Eli Senior
An interview - By Erez Erlichman
An interview about The Disposables - By Dana Kessler
An article about "The Safety In Rubber" - By Sharon Kantor
A paragraph about "The Safety In Rubber" from an article - By Leslie Weisman
A review about "The Safety In Rubber" from CineMAiubit festival
Some of my movie posters:

My Interests

Film, Music, Women

Music:

I love the following artists:
Achzavoth
A-HA
Ash
Beastie Boys
Carter USM
Charlie Megira
Chavez
Daniel Johnston
Dennis Coman
ED
Eels
Eilam Wolman
Elad Zeev
Electra
Elliot
Ex-Lion Tamer
Faith No More
Flaming Lips
Frank Black
Fugazi
Gelbart & The Lonesomes
Giant Sand
Grandaddy
Guided By Voices
Habiluim
Hameyutarim
Hazoarim
INXS
Jaywalk Snail
Katamine
Kings Of Leon
Langhorne Slim
Lebanon
Maher Shalal Hash Baz
Michal Kahan
Midnight Peacocks
Monotonix
Mora Chayelet
Mouth and Foot
Ne'arei Poster
Nick Cave
NIN
Nitkes
Old Time Relijun
Pag Adir
Pavement
Pet Shop Boys
Pits
Pixies
R.E.M
Ram Orion
RHCP
Salyu
Sonic Youth
Stephen Malkmus
The Beach Boys
The Black & Whites
The Breeders
The Cure
The Danielson Famile
The Doppler Effect
The Girls
The Libertines
The Ramones
The Rentals
The Smiths
The Strokes
The Top-Hat Carriers
The Werner Alarm
They Might Be Giants
TV Buddhas
Vincent Gallo
Weezer
Wesley Willis
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yonatan Gat

My top 15 favorite albums:
1. Grandaddy - Sumday (and basically all Grandaddy's albums)
2. Pixies - Bossanova (again, all Pixies' albums)
3. Weezer - Pinkerton
4. Daniel Johnston - 1990
5. Eels - Beautiful Freak
6. Frank Black - Teenager Of The Year
7. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
8. Nick Cave - The Good Son
9. Guided By Voices - 5 First LPs Box
10. The Danielson Famile - Fetch The Compass Kids
11. The Top-Hat Carriers - 1st Cassete
12. Hameyutarim - Colombus
13. They Might Be Giants - Flood
14. NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
15. Sonic Youth - Goo

Movies:

What can I say, I love cinema:
I love the following directors & artists:
Abbas Kiarostami
Adam Zaslavski
Aki Kaurismaki
Akira Kurosawa
Alejandro Amanebar
Alexander Payne
Alexandre Aja
Alfonso Cuaron
Alfred Hitchcock
Amos Kollek
Andrew Douglas
Arthur Penn
Asaf Korman
Atom Egoyan
Brad Anderson
Brian De Palma
Bruno Dumont
Bryan Singer
Catherine Breillat
Catherine Chalmers
Chan-Wook Park
Chris Cunningham
Christopher Guest
Danny Verete
David Cronenberg
David Gordon Green
David Lynch
David Mamet
David Perlov
David Volach
Dylan Kidd
Edward Burns
Eran Kolirin
Finn Taylor
Francis Ford Coppola
Francois Truffaot
Frank Capra
Gasper Noe
Gregg Araki
Guillermo Del Toro
Gus Van Sant
Guy Ben-Ner
György Pálfi
Hagar Ben-Asher
Hal Hartley
Harmony Korine
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jem Cohen
Jim Jarmusch
Joel Hopkins
John Boorman
John Cameroon Mitchell
John Carpenter
John Landis
John Sayles
John Waters
Jon Favreau
Jonathan Demme
Joon-Ho Bong
Julian Schnabel
Keren Yedaya
Ki-Duk Kim
Kimberly Peirce
Larry Clark
Lars Von Trier
Lisa Cholodenko
M. Night Shyamalan
Marc Levin
Matthew Barney
Michael Haneke
Michael J. Bassett
Michael Winterbottom
Michel Gondry
Miguel Arteta
Miranda July
Murat Turgyiev
Neil LaBute
Nicole Holofcener
Noah Baumbach
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Omer Gal
Oren Shai
P.T Anderson
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Peter Greenaway
Peter Weir
Prachya Pinkaew
Raphael Nadjari
Richard Kern
Richard Linklater
Robert Bresson
Robinson Devor
Rodrigo Garcia
Roman Polanski
Sam Peckinpah
Sergio Leone
Shane Meadows
Shinya Tsukamoto
Shunji Iwai
Sid Laverents
Sidney Lumet
Spike Jonze
Spike Lee
Stephen Chow
Stephen Daldry
Steve Buscemi
Steve James
Steven Soderbergh
Takashi Miike
Takeshi Kitano
Terry Zwigoff
The Dardenne Brothers
The Mumblecore Movement
The Pang Brothers
The Polish Brothers
Tobe Hooper
Tod Williams
Todd Haynes
Todd Solondz
Tom DiCillo
Tom Gilroy
Trey Parker
Tsai Ming-liang
Vincent Gallo
Walter Hill
Wang Xiaoshuai
Wes Anderson
Whit Stillman
Wim Wenders
Wisit Sasanatieng
Woody Allen
Yang Zhang
Yoav Daube
Yoav Tal
Zhang Ke Jia

Television:

I love the following shows:
Art Safari
City Confidential
Close To Home
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dinner For Five
Double Date
Egg: The Arts Show
Entourage
Family Guy
Firefly
Frasier
Freaks & Geeks
Greg The Bunny
Ha-Burganim
Heroes
Hollywood Shootout
Homicide: Life On The Street
House M.D.
Just Shoot Me
King Of The Hill
Law & Order
Life Goes On
Lost
Maadura Mugbelet
Medium
Northern Exposure
OZ
Picket Fences
Quantum Leap
Seinfeld
South Park
St. Elswhere
The Critic
The Drew Carey Show
The History & Science Channels
The Larry Sanders Show
The Maestro (Zvika Pick)
The Office (UK & US)
The Practice
The Simpsons
The Surreal Life
The Twilight Zone (Original)
Twin Peaks
V - The Mini-Series

Books:

Film Books
Notes On The Cinematographer/Robert Bresson
Blankets/Craig Thompson
Culture Jam: The Uncooling Of America/Kalle Lasn
Fool The World: The Oral History Of A Band Called Pixies/Josh Frank, Caryn Ganz, and Chas Banks
Rendezvous with Rama/Arthur C. Clarke
The Facts Behind The Helsinki Roccamatiosby/Yann Martel
The Three Investigators Books
On Writing/Stepehn King
Yossi Sukeri's books

Heroes:

My Family
Vincent Gallo
Tsai Ming-Liang
Harmony Korine
Jason Lytle
Chevy Chase
Kim Deal
Ned Beatty
Frank Black
Michael Richards
Garry Shandling
Matt Groening
David Spade
Assaf Billet
Eilam Wolman
Larry David
Shay Goldstein
Dror Rafael
Nitzan Horesh
Dana Kessler
Adi Gelbart
Roee Levy
Sharon Kantor
Harmony Korine
The Disposables

My Blog

The best movies of 2007 (so far)

This is England - Shane MeadowsDanielson: A Family Movie - J.I AronsonThe Bourne Ultimatum - Paul GreengrassThe Brave One - Neil JordanI Am Legend - Francis LawrenceLions For Lambs - Robert Redfo...
Posted by Amit Itzcar on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:06:00 PST

The best ever Israeli music videos

These are my choices to the best Israeli music videos (not in any special order):   1. Yoni Bloch - "Nice Outside" - Directed By Adam Bizanski2. Useless ID - "Pink Stars And Magazines" - Directed...
Posted by Amit Itzcar on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:03:00 PST