Joseph Pitchhadze (b. 1965, Tbilisi) emigrated with his family to Israel from Georgia in 1972. He graduated in film and television from Tel Aviv University. After the short films Dreaming in Russian (Holem b'rusit, 1990) and Bad Days (Yamim rai'im, 1993), he debuted with the post-modern, black-and-white thriller Under Western Eyes (Leneged finayim ma'araviyot, 1996), screened at Berlin. Another thriller followed, Besame Mucho (2000), this time set in night-time Tel Aviv, then the psychological drama Year Zero (Shnat efes, 2004). Pitchhadze not only directs, but writes and produces his movies as well.
MFF Karlovy Vary
