Background
Gabizon grew up in Kiryat Yam, near Haifa.
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Savi Gabizon
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After military service he enrolled at Tel Aviv University, where he graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor in film and television
Career
In 1974 he enrolled in the Haifa military academy. Since 1993 he has taught film direction and scriptwriting there. He also teaches at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School and at the Camera Oscura School of Art, both in Tel Aviv.
He is a reservist in the film unit of the Israeli Army, and director of the drama department at the Reshet television network.
Achievements
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lieutenant was a box office success, and won several prizes, including seven Ophir Awards from the Israeli Academy of Film and Television, best actor award at the Haifa International Film Festival, and the Wolgin Award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival. lieutenant also was a popular success, and won numerous prizes including eight Israeli Academy Ophir Awards, and the Wolgin Award and Lipper Prize at the Jerusalem festival in 1995. lieutenant also won the audience prize and a special mention at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, the jury prize at the São Paulo International Film Festival and the critics" prize at Haifa in 1996. lieutenant won eleven Ophir Awards and was the first Israeli narrative feature to be shown at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, in the United States.
