Boaz Davidson

Boaz Davidson
Born (1943-11-08) November 8, 1943 (age 80)
Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel)
Alma materLondon Film School
Occupations

Boaz Davidson (Hebrew: בועז דוידזון, pronounced [boˈaz ˈdavidson]; born 8 November 1943) is an Israeli film director, producer and screenwriter. He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and studied film in London at London Film School.[1]

Biography

Davidson was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family. He started his career by directing the television show Lool (1969) and the music documentary Shablul (1970). Later he directed Israeli cult films such as Charlie Ve'hetzi (1974) and Hagiga B'Snuker (1975). In 1974 he directed the film Mishpahat Tzan'ani. He directed the first four films in the Eskimo Limon series (Eskimo Limon (1978), Going Steady (1979), Shifshuf Naim (1981), Sapiches (1982). Eskimo Limon was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival in 1978.[citation needed] In 1986 he directed the cult film Alex Holeh Ahavah.

In 1979 Davidson moved from Israel to the United States and started working as a director, directing a remake of Eskimo Limon, The Last American Virgin in 1982.[2]

Davidson continued to work in the United States as a producer and a screenwriter. He was involved in producing several major films including 16 Blocks,[3] The Wicker Man,[3] The Black Dahlia,[3] 2008's Rambo[3] and The Expendables.[3] He is also listed as a producer in the thriller Trespass.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Writer Producer
1971 Fifty-Fifty Yes Yes No
1972 Azit Hakalba Hatzanhanit Yes Yes No
1974 Charlie Ve'hetzi Yes No No
1975 La nottata Yes No No Co-directed with Tonino Cervi
Hagiga B'Snuker Yes No No
1976 Mishpahat Tzan'ani Yes No No
Lupo B'New York Yes Yes No
1978 Lemon Popsicle Yes Yes No
It's a Funny, Funny World No Yes No
1979 Going Steady Yes Yes No
1980 Seed of Innocence Yes Yes No
1981 Hot Bubblegum Yes Yes No
Hospital Massacre Yes story No
1982 The Last American Virgin Yes Yes No
Private Popsicle Yes Yes No
1983 Private Manoeuvres No Yes No
Baby Love No Yes No
1985 Hot Resort No Yes No
1986 Alex Holeh Ahavah Yes Yes No
1987 Dutch Treat Yes No No
Going Bananas Yes No No
1988 Salsa Yes Yes No
1989 Crazy Camera Yes Yes Yes Co-directed with Tzvi Shissel
1991 Delta Force 3: The Killing Game No Yes Yes
1993 American Cyborg: Steel Warrior Yes story No
1994 Blood Run Yes story No
1995 Lunarcop Yes No No
1996 Orion's Key No story No
1997 Looking for Lola Yes story Yes
2000 Spiders No story Yes
Crocodile No story Yes
Octopus No story Yes
2001 Spiders II: Breeding Ground No story Yes
U.S. Seals II No story Yes
2002 Octopus 2: River of Fear No story Yes
Panic No story Yes
Crocodile 2: Death Swamp No story Yes
Derailed No story Yes
2003 Killer Rats No story Yes
Cult of Fury No story Yes
Alien Hunter No story Yes
Air Strike No story Yes
2004 Alien Lockdown No story Yes
2005 Larva No story Yes
Mansquito No story Yes
Snakeman No story Yes
Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy No story Yes
2006 Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing No story Yes
The Black Hole No story Yes
Wicked Little Things No story Yes
2007 Gryphon No Yes No
Mega Snake No story Yes
2009 Ninja No Yes Yes
2010 The Prince & Me:
The Elephant Adventure 		No story No
Bunraku No story No
2016 Boyka: Undisputed No story Yes

Executive producer

Producer only

Co-producer

Associate producer

2nd Unit director

Special thanks

References

  1. ^ "Boaz Davidson". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-01-12.
  2. ^ Maslin, Janet (1983-01-15). "Movie Review - The Last American Virgin - FROLICS IN FLORIDA AND OTHER ANTICS". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Boaz Davidson Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03.