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Raphael Nadjari, born in 1971 in Marseille, France, is a French writer and director specializing in film and television. He began his career in 1993, working as a writer and director for French television. In 1997, he wrote the television screenplay Le P'tit Bleu, directed by Francois Vautier for ARTE as part of the TV drama series Petits Gangsters. That same year, he wrote and directed his first American feature film, The Shade (released in 1999), starring Richard Edson, Lorie Marino, and Jeff Ware. This film was an adaptation of Dostoevski's A Gentle Creature, updated and set in contemporary New York. The Shade was an Official Selection in the "Un Certain Regard" section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and was also screened at the Deauville Film Festival; it won an award at the Bergamo Film Festival in Italy. At the end of 1999, Nadjari directed his second feature, I Am Josh Polonski's Brother (2001), starring Richard Edson and Jeff Ware, which was shot on Super 8mm film in New York. The film premiered in Paris on June 6, 2001, and was selected for the "Forum for New Cinema" at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival. In 2001, Nadjari also filmed Apartment #5c in New York, featuring Richard Edson and Israeli actress Tinkerbell; it was selected for the Cannes Directors' Fortnight. In 2004, Nadjari shot Avanim in Tel Aviv, Israel, starring Assi Levy, who was nominated for Best Actress at the European Film Awards. The film won Best Film at the Geneva Cinema Tout Ecran and the Best Director award at Cannes in 2005, along with the France Culture Award. His most recent film is set in Jerusalem and stars Michael Moushanov and Limor Goldstein, two leading figures in Israeli theater.
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