Boaz Davidson
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Boaz Davidson (Hebrew: בּוׁעַז דָוִידְזוׁן, born 11 August 1943) is an Israeli film director, producer and scriptwriter. He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and studied film in London.
He started his career by directing the television show Lool (1969) and the movie Shablul (1971). 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 and the first four films in the Eskimo Limon series (Eskimo Limon (1978), Yotzim Kavua (1979), Shifshuf Naim (1981), Sapiches (1982)). In 1983 he directed Basis Sababa which is based on Sapiches. In 1986 he directed the cult film Alex Holeh Ahavah.
In 1979 he moved to the United States and started working as a director, directing a remake of Eskimo Limon, The Last American Virgin in 1982. He continued to work there as a producer and a scriptwriter. While many of his films can be classified as B movies, Davidson was also involved in producing several major films including 16 Blocks, The Wicker Man, The Black Dahlia and 2008's Rambo.
