Amnon Salomon Explained

Amnon Salomon
Birth Date:3 April 1940
Birth Place:Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Death Place:Bat Yam, Israel
Occupation:Cinematographer
Yearsactive:1964-2011

Amnon Salomon (Hebrew: אמנון סלומון; April 3, 1940 – October 23, 2011) was an Israeli film cinematographer. He was a recipient of the Ophir Award for cinematography.

Biography

Salomon was born in Tel Aviv in 1940 to a Hungarian-Jewish father and a Russian-Jewish mother. He started his career in the Geva Studios as an assistant to photographer to the Israeli cinematographer David Gurfinkel, a position he held for four years, during which he also assisted filming Uri Zohar's 1964 avant-garde-satiric film Hole in the Moon.[1]

During his career, Solomon filmed 65 films, of which the best-known films included Haham Gamliel (1973), Charlie Ve'hetzi (1973), Beyond the Walls (1985), Alex Is Lovesick (1986) and Cup Final (1992).

In 2003 the Israeli Academy of Film and Television awarded him a prize for his professional achievement. In 2010, in honor of his seventieth birthday, a tribute in his honor was held in the Tel Aviv Cinematheque.

In 2010 Salomon filmed his final film, Dover Koshashvili's Infiltration.

Death

Salomon died on October 23, 2011, at the age of 71, following a long battle with cancer. His death was announced by his spouse, Ilan. Salomon was later interred at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery.

Selected filmography

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Notes and References

  1. News: צלם הקולנוע אמנון סלומון הלך לעולמו בגיל 70 . Ynet . 23 October 2011 . יודילוביץ' . מרב .