Yoram Gross
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Yoram Gross AM |
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| Born |
18 October 1926 Kraków, Poland |
| Died | 21 September 2015 (aged 88) Sydney |
| Occupation | Animation director and founder of Flying Bark Productions |
| Years active | 1947–2015 |
| Spouse(s) | Sandra Gross |
| Website | http://www.yoramgrossfilms.com.au/,http://www.flyingbark.com.au |
Yoram Jerzy Gross AM (18 October 1926 – 21 September 2015) was an Australian producer of children's and family entertainment. Internationally acclaimed for his films and television series, Gross established a worldwide reputation for the adaptation of children's characters from books and films to animation that won the hearts of children and adults worldwide. His company is best known for producing the films Blinky Bill and Dot and the Kangaroo.
Gross used his films to convey loyalty, peaceful resolve and good winning over evil. "If you watch my films carefully you will see the history of my life", he said.
Born in Kraków, Poland, the brother of Jewish film director Natan Gross, Yoram Gross endured World War II under the Nazi regime. His family was on Oskar Schindler's list, but chose to make their own risky escape, moving hiding places 72 times.
Gross studied music and musicology at Kraków University. "All I wanted to do was play Chopin", he said. He first entered the film industry in 1947 in Kraków when, at the age of 20, he became one of Jerzy Toeplitz's first students. Toeplitz founded the Polish Film Institute (he also founded the Swiss Film Institute and set up, at the invitation of the Federal Government, the Australian Film and Television School). Gross commenced his career as an assistant to Polish directors Eugene Cenkalski () and Leonard Buczkowski, as well as the Dutch director, Joris Ivens. He studied script writing under Carl Foreman.
In 1950, Gross moved from Poland to Israel, where he worked as a newsreel and documentary cameraman. He then became an independent film producer and director and began winning prizes at international film festivals. His full-length feature, Joseph the Dreamer (1961), a biblical story, received special prizes in many countries. His experimental film Chansons Sans Paroles (1958) was selected by international film critics as "the most interesting film of 1959". Another comedy, One Pound Only (1964), set the box office record of the year. Gross won more than 80 international awards for his various films.
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