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'''Micha Shagrir''' ({{langx|he|מיכה שגריר}}) (November 1, 1937 – February 4, 2015) was an Israeli film director, producer, radio presenter, and journalist. He produced feature and documentary films and TV shows.<ref></ref><ref name=habr>Hannah Brown, , ''], February 4, 2015</ref> '''Micha Shagrir''' ({{langx|he|מיכה שגריר}}) (November 1, 1937 – February 4, 2015) was an Israeli film director, producer, radio presenter, and journalist. He produced feature and documentary films and TV shows.<ref></ref><ref name=habr>Hannah Brown, , ''], February 4, 2015</ref>


He was the head of Kastel Productions, one of the founders of the Sam Spiegel School for Film & Television, Jerusalem, and a chairman of the Israel Film Fund.<ref name=habr/> He was the head of Kastel Productions, a co-founder of the ], Jerusalem, and a chairman of the {{ill|Israel Film Foundation|he|קרן הקולנוע הישראלי}}.<ref name=habr/>


==Biography== ==Biography==
Micha Shagrir was born in ], Austria as Josef Michael Schwager. (Among other films, Shagrir made a documentary about the Bischofstrasse the street in Linz where his family lived.) His father Karl Schwager emigrated to Palestine in 1921, where he lived in kibbutz ] and where he met Micha Shagrir's mother, Yehudit. She already had a son Chaim, from her recently deceased husband Georg Grünwald. They returned to Austria in 1932 or 1933, but immediately after the Nazi's '']'', in April 1938 they emigrated to Palestine. At first they lived in Heftziba, later in Tel Aviv. Later Micha lived in other places. In 1949 the family changed their surname to Shagrir (which means "ambassador" in Hebrew).<ref name=ivu>, interview</ref> Micha Shagrir was born in ], Austria as Josef Michael Schwager. (Among other films, Shagrir made a documentary ''Linz. Bischofstrasse 7'' about the street in Linz where his family lived.) His father Karl Schwager emigrated to ] in 1921, where he lived in kibbutz ] and where he met Micha Shagrir's mother, Vally (Yehudit). She already had a son Chaim, from her recently deceased husband Georg Grünwald. They returned to Austria in 1932 or 1933, but immediately after the Nazi's '']'', in April 1938 they emigrated to Palestine. At first they lived in Heftziba, later in ] and ]. Later Micha lived in other places. In 1949 the family changed their surname to Shagrir (which means "ambassador" in Hebrew). The father took the name Hanan, and the mother Yehudit<ref name=ivu>, interview</ref><ref name=ushm>, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</ref>

⚫ Micha Shagrir graduated from the ].<ref name=ivu/>

==Family==
Micha Shagrir was married to Aliza Shagrir (nee Levi) in Jerusalem in 1961. She was murdered during the ] while on ] vacation and passing by the assaulted ]. They had two sons, ] and Hagai.<ref></ref><ref name=ushm/> Micha Shagrir established the Azisa Shagrir Foundation in her memory, for awarding young documentary filmmakers.<ref>Greer Fay Cashman, , ''The Jerusalem Post'', February 18, 2016</ref>


⚫ He graduated from the ].<ref name=ivu/>
==Awards== ==Awards==
*1999: Honorary Fellow of the ]
*] Life Achievement Award<ref name=habr/> *2005: ] Life Achievement Award<ref name=habr/>
*]'s Life Achievement Award<ref name=habr/> *]'s Life Achievement Award<ref name=habr/>
*2008: Gold Medal of Honour of the City of Linz<ref> ()</ref>
*2009: {{ill|Culture Medal of Upper Austria|de|Kulturmedaille des Landes Oberösterreich}}<ref name=kume></ref>

==Filmography==
Shagrir directed and produced over 250 documentaries, television and feature films.<ref name=kume/>
*1967: {{ill|Sayarim|he|סיירים (סרט)}} (''Scouting Patrol'') (feature film, director), about a squad that infiltrated across the border to capture a wanted terrorist (based on a real story)<ref></ref>
*1969: {{ill|The War After the War|he|המלחמה לאחר המלחמה}} (full-length documentary, director)<ref>]</ref>


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
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Micha Shagrir, 2014

Micha Shagrir (Hebrew: מיכה שגריר) (November 1, 1937 – February 4, 2015) was an Israeli film director, producer, radio presenter, and journalist. He produced feature and documentary films and TV shows.

He was the head of Kastel Productions, a co-founder of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem, and a chairman of the Israel Film Foundation [he].

Biography

Micha Shagrir was born in Linz, Austria as Josef Michael Schwager. (Among other films, Shagrir made a documentary Linz. Bischofstrasse 7 about the street in Linz where his family lived.) His father Karl Schwager emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1921, where he lived in kibbutz Heftziba and where he met Micha Shagrir's mother, Vally (Yehudit). She already had a son Chaim, from her recently deceased husband Georg Grünwald. They returned to Austria in 1932 or 1933, but immediately after the Nazi's Anschluss, in April 1938 they emigrated to Palestine. At first they lived in Heftziba, later in Tel Aviv and Holon. Later Micha lived in other places. In 1949 the family changed their surname to Shagrir (which means "ambassador" in Hebrew). The father took the name Hanan, and the mother Yehudit

Micha Shagrir graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Family

Micha Shagrir was married to Aliza Shagrir (nee Levi) in Jerusalem in 1961. She was murdered during the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing while on Sukkot vacation and passing by the assaulted rue Copernic synagogue. They had two sons, Oron and Hagai. Micha Shagrir established the Azisa Shagrir Foundation in her memory, for awarding young documentary filmmakers.

Awards

Filmography

Shagrir directed and produced over 250 documentaries, television and feature films.

  • 1967: Sayarim [he] (Scouting Patrol) (feature film, director), about a squad that infiltrated across the border to capture a wanted terrorist (based on a real story)
  • 1969: The War After the War [he] (full-length documentary, director)

References

  1. Micha Shagrir - 50 years of Filmmaking
  2. ^ Hannah Brown, Micha Shagrir, pillar of the Israeli film industry, dies, The Jerusalem Post, February 4, 2015
  3. ^ Micha Shagrir, interview
  4. ^ Studio portrait of the Schwager family taken shortly before the Anschluss, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  5. עליזה שגריר לוי זל
  6. Greer Fay Cashman, Grapevine: Shagrir’s career, The Jerusalem Post, February 18, 2016
  7. Ehrenzeichen der Stadt Linz an Micha Shagrir (in ENglish)
  8. ^ Kulturmedaille des Landes für israelischen Filmemacher Micha Shagrir
  9. סיירים
  10. המלחמה לאחר המלחמה

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