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About
Popular Israeli-born writer, producer, and director. He directed The Seventh Coin, a film starring Peter O'Toole, and produced Basic, a 2003 Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta movie.
Before Fame
During his time as a sociology, economics, and anthropology student at the University of Haifa in Israel, he founded a theater company.
Trivia
After attending the University of Southern California's film school, he directed a music video for then-unknown performer "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Family Life
He was born in Israel to a family of Spanish heritage. He married Virginia Pereira in 2000.
Associated With
He produced, directed, and co-wrote Not Forgotten, a 2009 film that starred Paz Vega.
