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Rony Gruber is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He is best known as the director and Co-producer of "Are You This Able?" nominated for best documentary at the Ophir Academy Award.

Biography

Rony Gruber was born in Tel Aviv and graduated the prestigious Tichon Hadash High school, majoring in Arts. He made his first steps in the film industry as a Lighting technician

Lighting technician

Lighting technicians are involved with rigging and controlling electric lights for art and entertainment venues or in video, television, or film production. In a theater production, lighting technicians work under the lighting designer and master electrician...

. As a freshman in Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

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's Film & TV department, he joined up forces with a group of young and promising filmmakers, later to be credited for Israeli cinema renaissance. His work as a gaffer in the student films of Arik Kaplon, Yair Lev, Shemi Zarhin

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and Gur Heller and his work with acclaimed directors Amos Guttman on "Himmo, King of Jerusalem" by Yoram Kaniuk and Ze'ev Revach

Ze'ev Revach

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on Bouba, sharpened his esthetical perception and enriched his cinematic language.

Advertising

Following his studies, Gruber established a directorial career in the advertising business, soon to become an award winning commercials director, with Israeli and international credits. Among his clients were: Volvo, Ocean Spray, P&G, Mazda, Ikea, Pizza Hut, Chevrolet, Whirlpool, Holiday Inn, Mitsubishi and more. In his 20 year career he received a Golden Drum Award, and several Golden Cactus Awards.

Film career

His first film was "The Room" (1987) a one act drama by Harold Pinter. His second film Are You This Able? (2001) premiered in the Haifa International Film Festival and participated in film festivals around the world. Israeli critic Amir Kaminer wrote about the film: “Rony Gruber’s sensitive and human documentary is sheer exhilaration. A sweet moment of victory…” - and Critique Nir Kipnis wrote in Globes "The biggest achievement of the film in offering us a fresh point of view of the emotional world of the mentally disabled. The world portrayed in “Are You This Able?” seems so similar to our own and yet it differs elusively in the way it is manifested…"

In 2002 he collaborated with praised writer Yitzhak Ben Ner

Yitzhak Ben Ner

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in the writing of the script for the fictional feature film Nicole's Stations, commemorating 30 years to the Yom Kippur War

Yom Kippur War

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and based on Ben Ner's novel Rustic Sunset. The script was commissioned by the Makor Film Fund.

In 2003 Gruber directed a five episodes docu-soap

Reality television

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commissioned by Israel Broadcasting Authority

Israel Broadcasting Authority

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. The series portrays day-to-day life at the “Herods" theme Hotel in Eilat using it as an allegory of Israeli society's hedonistic and extroverted existence. The music was written by composer Avi Benjamin.

In 2007 he directed episodes in the critically acclaimed TV drama Room Service featuring: Asi Levi, Sasha Damidov, Danny Steg, Yehezkel Lazarov

Yehezkel Lazarov

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and others.
Gruber is currently developing two documentaries: In Golda's Shoes- a portrait of Golda Meir, a woman and an icon and "There We Sat and Wept…" in collaboration with Prof. Yossi Yona, telling the story for Iraqi Diaspora longing to Iraqi Jews

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driven out of Baghdad in the 40.

Other

Rony Gruber served three terms as a Board Member at AIDF (Association of Israeli Documentary Filmmakers) and wrote its Articles of association. (2007–2010).
He has been invited to be a member of "The Readers Committee" at The Israel Film Fund and the Makor Film Fund. Through the years he has been teaching cinema, among others, in Ma'ale Film School, Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) Academic College and Habetzefer.

In 2001 he was awarded The Akim Excellence Award presented annually by the President of the State of Israel.

Are You This Able

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In Golda's Shoes

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