Elida Gera
Israeli film director, dancer and choreographer
About Elida Gera
Lived 1931 – 2017 (aged 85–86). Elida Gera was an Israeli choreographer, film director and film screenwriter.
Elida Gera (; 1932May10, 2017) was an Israeli film director, dancer and choreographer. She is the first Israeli female film director who released a feature film (, black and white, 1969). The second one is Michal Bat-Adam with her Moments released ten years later.
Biography Gera was born in New York City 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 and the two had three sons. In 1964 they emigrated to Israel and settled in Or Yehuda.
In 2013 her restored film Before Tomorrow was screened at the International Women's Film Festival In Rehovot.
She died in 2017 in Megadim.
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Israeli film director, dancer and choreographer
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Elida Gera was born in 1931 in United States.
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Elida Gera died on 10 May 2017 in Megadim.
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Elida Gera was a choreographer, film director and film screenwriter.
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Elida Gera was Israeli.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Elida Gera. https://biography.guide/elida-gera/
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