Amos Gitai was born in Haifa, Israel. While studying architecture, he participated in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, during which he was wounded. He became a filmmaker in 1980 with House, and since then he has made numerous fiction and documentary films, which have earned him considerable international recognition. Four of his films were presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and six more at the Venice Film Festival. Amos Gitai is also a theatre director, and has designed installations/exhibitions in several museums (Kunstwerke Berlin, Palais de Tokyo Paris, Palazzo Reale Milan, Museum of Modern Art MOMA…). Several complete retrospectives of his work have been shown around the world.