Elida Gera

Elida Gera (Hebrew: אלידע גרא) (1932, New York - May 10, 2017, Megadim) was an Israeli film director, dancer and choreographer. She is the first Israeli female film director who released a feature film (Before Tomorrow [he], black and white, 1969). [1][2][3][4] The second one is Michal Bat-Adam with her Moments released ten years later.

Gera was born in the United States in 1931. She studied dance at Juilliard School, performed off-Broadway and later worked as choreographer. She became interested in cinema and studied directing and photography in Canada. There she married an Israeli artist and stage designer Zvi Gera [he] and the two had three sons. In 1964 they emigrated to Israel and settled in Or Yehuda. [4]

In 2013 her restored film Before Tomorrow was screened at the International Women's Film Festival In Rehovot.[2]

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