Natan Gross

Natan Gross (; November 16, 1919, in Kraków – October 5, 2005, in Tel Aviv) was Polish and Israeli screenwriter, director, producer, film critic and historian, poet, writer, translator, editor and publisher writing in Polish and Hebrew. While in Poland, until 1950, he shot about 10 feature and documentary films in Yiddish, mostly with film studio. In Israel he shot about 100 documentaries and several feature films

Filmography 1946–1949: Yidishe film kronik (from Yiddish: Jewish Film Chronicle) 1947: Der weg cum gezunt (from Yiddish: The path to health) 1947: Der yidisher yishuv in Niderschlezien (from Yiddish: The Jewish settlement in Lower Silesia) 1948: Der finfter yartzeit un ojfsztand in warszewer geto (The Fifth Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising) 1948: Undzere kinder (from Yiddish: Our children) 1948: (We who survived ; in Yiddish, documenting the revival of the social and cultural life of the Jews in Poland after World War II) 1948: ORT (vocational education) 1948: Joint 1949: ("Two Millenia After"; documentary, 12 min. Summarizing the first year of the official presentation of Israel in Poland; Hebrew and English subtitles) 1949: Kadima Gordonia ("Forward, Gordonia", short) 1962: Joseph the Dreamer (screenplay) 1963: (feature film; 60 min.; the story of Holocaust survivor, Emmanuel, who works as a security guard on a construction site)

Books 1986: (Mi ata adon Grymek, "Who Are You, Mr. Grymek?"), autobiography. The book title refers to his fake Polish name, Franciszek Grymek, used to avoid the Holocaust. and "Youth Prize" (Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People) at the Berlin International Film Festival 1991:Ophir Award for lifetime achievement For the book Who Are You, Mr. Grymek? 1986: Leon Lustig Prize (for the Hebrew original) 1991: } Book of the Year for the Polish translation

Family Natan, born to Jakub and Sarah, had brothers Yoram Gross born Jerzy, and Jozef, and sister Klara. He was married to Shulamit Gross with whom he had son and daughter Aliza.