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Danae Elon |
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Born
in Jerusalem, Danae studied film and television at New York University.
She was awarded the Cinematography Achievement Award, graduating with
honors in 1995. Her first documentary Never, Again, Forever about the
Jewish Defense League, explores the characters and lives of Jewish Fundamentalists
in Brooklyn and the Occupied West Bank. The film participated in over
20 international festivals, was broadcast on Austrian TV and won a Golden
Spire Award from the San Francisco Film Festival ‘95 and an Achievement
Award from the Chicago Film Festival ‘95. Since then, Danae has been working full time as a documentary filmmaker. Wild Mint, tells the story of a group of childhood friends in Israel- their experience of growing up under the influence of strong ideology and the first Intifada they oppressed. She wrote, produced and photographed Cut, an Israeli Palestinian production about the lives of a community from Kurdistan, settled in Israel on the grounds of a former Palestinian village. The film was broadcast in Israel and participated in many international festivals and competitions. She received a Cinematography Award from the Jerusalem Film Festival ‘99. She is currently developing a documentary in Guatemala about the consequences of its 30-year brutal civil war. Danae has also worked as a documentary cinematographer in Central and South America, the Middle East, Europe and the United States. She is a recipient of the Eastman Kodak Cinematography Award. |
