Background
Leonid (Leon) Prudovsky was born in 1978 in Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (today: Street St. Petersburg, Russia) and immigrated to Israel at the age of 13.
Leonid (Leon) Prudovsky was born in 1978 in Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (today: Street St. Petersburg, Russia) and immigrated to Israel at the age of 13.
He graduated from Tel Aviv University, the Film and television department in 2004.
In 2006 he co-wrote and directed a television hour film Like a Fish out of Water for channel 2, winning several television awards as well as nomination for Israeli television Academy. In 2009 he co-wrote and directed his first feature film Five Hours from Paris, selected as a Discovery for Toronto International Film Festival and winning Haifa, Napoli and Nice Film Festivals. In 2010 he directed a 4-episodes series Troyka, featuring leading Israeli and Russian actors.
He served as an artistic adviser for the Israeli Film Fund and the Jerusalem Film Fund, a script adviser for Tel Aviv University and Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem and directed promotional clips for television during many years.
His last short film Welcome and … Our Condolences premiered in Haifa International Film Festival.