Victor Nord Explained

Victor Benediktovich Nord-Levin (; ; born 1945 in Odesa, Odesa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union)[1] is an Israeli-American independent filmmaker best known for his 1977 Israeli directorial debut The Garden that represented Israel at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, the 1977 San Francisco International Film Festival, and the 1978 Toronto Waterfront International Film Festival.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Biography

Nord, son of actress Evgeniya Mikhailovna Rostova-Nord née Goldenberg and notable Soviet theatre director and actor, immigrated to Israel from the Soviet Union in April 1973 after graduating with honors in 1971 from |All-Union State Institute of Cinematography] also known as the Moscow Film School]. He started working as assistant on film stages in Moscow while only sixteen and decided to immigrate to Israel after encountering difficulties related to political censorship and antisemitism with directing his first own films in the Soviet Union. Nonetheless, he managed to work briefly as assistant director on Sergei Bondarchuk’s, 1970 film Waterloo, and for one year on Aleksei Yuryevich German’s 1971 film Trial on the Road. Since 1982 he resides in New York, New York.[14] [15] [16] [17] More recently he worked as editor on "The Russians Are Here"Frontline. In 1984 (the show Captive in El Salvador he edited was awarded an Emmy Award); as director of dialogue he worked on The Comrades, 12-episode series (WGBH-TV-Boston). Nord is also the author of nine screenplays (2004–2018) written especially for television series. He is married to Elena S. Nord-Levin née Shevelyov and is father to Benny Nord-Levin (born 2001) and David Nord-Levin (born 2007).

Notes and References

  1. The Garden. In: Variety’s Film Reviews, Book: Volume 14: 1975–1977. July 1983. Cambridge Information Group’s R.R. Bowker and RELX Group’s Reed Publishing. New York, New York. 9780835227940. 10 March 2018. 489584930.
  2. . News: he:גן־עדן בירושלים. Heaven in Jerusalem. 1977. http://idea.cinema.co.il/ideawebinter/multimedia_11/0166/01660545.pdf. Hebrew. Al HaMishmar. Tel Aviv-Yafo. 4 March 2018. Hashomer Hatzair and Mapam.
  3. News: Fainaru. Edna. Fainaru. Dan. he:הכל בגלל מלאך אחד. All Because of One Angel. 1977. http://idea.cinema.co.il/ideawebinter/multimedia_11/0166/01660546.pdf. Hebrew. HaOlam HaZeh. Tel Aviv-Yafo. 4 March 2018.
  4. . News: he:הגן. The Garden. May 1977. http://idea.cinema.co.il/ideawebinter/multimedia_11/0166/01660551.pdf. Hebrew. Davar. Tel Aviv-Yafo. 4 March 2018. Histadrut’s .
  5. Book: Sullivan, Monica. VideoHound's Independent Film Guide. July 1999. Cengage’s Gale and Visible Ink Press. 9781578590186. Detroit, Michigan. xlix. 10 March 2018. 41086777. registration.
  6. . News: 15 June 2012. he:הצצה לארכיון של בכיר צלמי הסטילס בקולנוע הישראלי. A Peek Into the Archive of the Chief Israeli Unit Still Photographer. https://www.haaretz.co.il/1.1731785. Hebrew. Haaretz. Tel Aviv-Yafo. M. DuMont Schauberg and . 9 March 2018 . אנדרמן . נירית .
  7. News: Matityahu. Reut. he:הצלם הישראלי שהוליווד אוהבת. The Israeli Photographer Hollywood Likes. 9 October 2011. https://xnet.ynet.co.il/xo/articles/0,14718,L-3089528,00.html. Hebrew. Yedioth Ahronoth’s Ynet and LaIsha’s Xnet. Rishon LeZion. 9 March 2018. Yedioth Ahronoth Group.
  8. he:הגן. The Garden. Nord-Levin, Victor Benediktovich. Ramat HaSharon. NMC Music’s Globus United King Films. Hebrew. DVD. 62564050. 9 September 2009. 18 March 2018. http://israel-music.com/various/garden.
  9. Book: 2004. he:פרידה משרוליק: שינוי ערכים באליטה הישראלית. Farewell to “Srulik:” Changing Values Among the Israeli Elite. II. 1338n.411. Haifa and Or Yehuda. Hebrew. University of Haifa’s and Kinneret Zmora- . 9789653110519. 56795640. http://www.kinbooks.co.il/page_7950. 17 March 2018.
  10. . News: 24 April 2001. he:עושים סצינות. Making Scenes. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-697228,00.html. Hebrew. Yedioth Ahronoth’s Ynet. Rishon LeZion. 26 March 2018. Yedioth Ahronoth Group.
  11. Book: Kronish, Amy W.. 1996. 14 October 2018. https://www.google.com/books?id=yAInAQAAIAAJ. World Cinema: Israel. Trowbridge, Madison, New Jersey, Teaneck, New Jersey, and Cranbury, New Jersey. Flicks Books, Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corp.’s Associated University Presses, and Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 82 and 213. 9780948911705. World Cinema, Volume 6, Series Editor: Frank Bren. 568122092. 6 October 2018.
  12. Book: Gross, Natan. 1991. he:הסרט העברי – פרקים בתולדות הראינוע והקולנוע בישראל: 1896–1991. The Hebrew Film – Chapters in the Annals of Silent and Sound Cinema in Israel: 1896–1991. 420. Jerusalem. Hebrew. Natan and . 27221790. https://google.com/books?id=muosAAAAIAAJ. 6 October 2018.
  13. Book: Weldon, Michael J.. The Psychotronic Video Guide. 1996. Titan Entertainment Group’s Titan Publishing Group. 9781852867706 . London. 227. 12 October 2018. 877265119.
  14. News: Okansky. Yael. he:כל ההתחלות קשות מאד: שיחה עם ויקטור נורד. All Beginnings Are Very Difficult: Conversation With Victor Nord. 6 July 1975. http://idea.cinema.co.il/ideawebinter/multimedia_11/0166/01660526.pdf. Hebrew. Kolnoa. Tel Aviv-Yafo and Jerusalem. 4 March 2018. Tel Aviv University, Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, and Ministry of Education’s . 42–45.
  15. News: Mochiach. Nachum. he:מגף הסרטים הסובייטי. The Soviet Cinematic Scourge (Part I). 29 January 1982. https://scontent.ftlv5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12036555_1127298680632284_3033370715281506391_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent.ftlv5-1.fna&oh=25fd75bc03d778343374523c42887ecc&oe=5D02388F. Hebrew. HaMevaker, Volume 1, Number 1. Los Angeles, California. 9 March 2018. Learaf Incorporation. 20. News: Mochiach. Nachum. he:מגף הסרטים הסובייטי. The Soviet Cinematic Scourge (Part II). 29 January 1982. https://scontent.ftlv5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12193482_1127298727298946_7965805994805926901_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent.ftlv5-1.fna&oh=fed7af2d5bbe929a4a1c30fb0bc034d2&oe=5D2B4401. Hebrew. HaMevaker, Volume 1, Number 1. Los Angeles, California. 9 March 2018. Learaf Incorporation. 21.
  16. . News: he:המלאך העירום של חכם אברהם. Abraham’s Naked Angel. 10 May 1977. http://idea.cinema.co.il/ideawebinter/multimedia_11/0166/01660534.pdf. Hebrew. Yedioth Ahronoth. Rishon LeZion. 4 March 2018. Yedioth Ahronoth Group.
  17. . Book: 1994. he:הקולנוע הישראלי: כל העובדות, כל העלילות, כל הבמאים וגם ביקורות. Israeli Cinema: All Facts, All Plots, All Directors, and All Critiques. 176. Or Yehuda and Jerusalem. Hebrew. Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir, Jerusalem Cinematheque’s Israel Film Archive, and Ministry of Education’s Israel Film Institute. 9789652863782. 31817606. https://books.google.com/books?id=8coqAQAAIAAJ. 4 April 2018.

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