Natan Gross

Natan Gross (; November 16, 1919, in Kraków – October 5, 2005, in Tel Aviv) was Polish and Israeli screenwriter, director, producer, film critic and historian, poet, writer, translator, editor and publisher writing in Polish and Hebrew. While in Poland, until 1950, he shot about 10 feature and documentary films in Yiddish, mostly with film studio. In Israel he shot about 100 documentaries and several feature filmsמת נתן גרוס, מחלוצי הקולנוע הישראלי, בגיל 86, Haaretz

Filmography 1946–1949: Yidishe film kronik (from Yiddish: Jewish Film Chronicle) 1947: Der weg cum gezunt (from Yiddish: The path to health) 1947: Der yidisher yishuv in Niderschlezien (from Yiddish: The Jewish settlement in Lower Silesia) 1948: Der finfter yartzeit un ojfsztand in warszewer geto (The Fifth Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising) 1948: Undzere kinder (from Yiddish: Our children) 1948: (We who survived ; in Yiddish, documenting the revival of the social and cultural life of the Jews in Poland after World War II)Mir Lebngeblibene. Poland; 1946-1948 (video 1 hour, Steven Spilberg Jewish Film Archive) 1948: ORT (vocational education) 1948: Joint 1949: ("Two Millenia After"; documentary, 12 min. Summarizing the first year of the official presentation of Israel in Poland; Hebrew and English subtitles)After 2000 Years, Israeli Film Archive 1949: Kadima Gordonia ("Forward, Gordonia", short) 1962: Joseph the Dreamer (screenplay) 1963: (feature film; 60 min.; the story of Holocaust survivor, Emmanuel, who works as a security guard on a construction site) The Cellar, Israeli Film Archive

Books 1986: (Mi ata adon Grymek, "Who Are You, Mr. Grymek?"), autobiography. The book title refers to his fake Polish name, Franciszek Grymek, used to avoid the Holocaust. 1991:Kim pan jest, panie Grymek? Translation from Hebrew to Polish 2001: English translation by William R. Brand Toldot ha-kolnoa ha-Yehudi be-Polin: 1910–1950/ The Jewish Film in Poland: 1910–1950. [Hebrew Language Edition]. Polish title: Film Żydowski w Polsce, 2002

Awards 1963: the film The Cellar won the Kinor David award, Israel and "Youth Prize" (Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People) at the Berlin International Film FestivalThe Cellar, at the Jerusalem Film Festival, 2024 1991:Ophir Award for lifetime achievement ״מעבר לים״ – אל מעבר לים, Hadashot, November 18, 1991 For the book Who Are You, Mr. Grymek?, "Bibliographical Note" 1986: Leon Lustig Prize (for the Hebrew original) 1991: } Book of the Year for the Polish translation

Family Natan, born to Jakub and Sarah, had brothers Yoram Gross born Jerzy, and Jozef, and sister Klara.Lawrence Baron, Jews, Kangaroos, and Koalas: The animaTed holocausT Films of Yoram Gross, Post Script, vol.32, no.2, pp. 60–70 () He was married to Shulamit Gross with whom he had son and daughter Aliza.

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