Anat Gov

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Anat Gov 1953–2012 Playwright and screenwriter

Agent:
The Institute of Israeli Drama eMail 972-3-6951188

Anat Gov was born in 1953 in Tiberias. She studied at the Tel Aviv University Department of Theatre Arts.
Writing for television: Zehu Ze (Educational TV, 1981-1991), Yes, What? (comedy series, Channel One), Evening With Gov (Channel Two), and Best Friends (drama series, HOT).
Writing for theatre: Love to Death (1991, Jerusalem Khan Theatre), Best Friends (1999, Cameri Theatre), which won the 2000 Israeli Theatre Award for Best Comedy, Lysistrata 2000 (2001, Cameri Theatre), Opposing Sides, a joint project of Israeli and Palestinian playwrights for Theater Heilbronn in Germany (2003), Househusband (Cameri Theatre), which won the 2004 Israeli Theatre Award for Best Comedy, The Troupe, a stage adaptation of the musical (2007, Habima National Theatre), Oh, My God! (2008, Cameri Theatre), A Warm Family (2009, Cameri Theatre), Happy Ending (2012, Cameri Theatre).
Translations: Via Dolorosa by David Hare, and Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht (Cameri Theatre).
She was a columnist for the daily Yedioth Ahronoth, and one of the founders of the Ezrat Nashim organization for victims of sexual assault.

 

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Awards

 Israeli Academy Awards for Best Comedy of the Year 2004, for:
Israeli Academy Awards for Best Comedy of the Year 1999, for:
פרס התיאטרון הישראלי בקטגוריית הקומדיה 1999, for:
פרס התיאטרון הישראלי בקטגוריית הקומדיה 1999, for:
פרס התיאטרון הישראלי בקטגוריית הקומדיה 1999, for:

Plays
Happy Ending Comedy, Fantasy, Musical Subject: Cancer | 2011 ➥he   
Warm Family Comedy Subject: Family | 2009 ➥he   
Oh God Comic Drama, Fantasy Subject: Religion and Faith | 2008 ➥he   
The Band Musical | 2006 $ he   
House Husband Comedy | 2004 $ he   
Lysistrata 2000 Comedy Subject: Adaptation of Greek Mythology | 2001 $ he   
Best Friends Comedy | 1999 ➥he   
Love to Death Absurd, Black Comedy Subject: Death | 1991   

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