Gruber Rony

Graduated from the department of Film and Television in Tel Aviv University. His first film was "The Room" (1987) a one act drama by Harold Pinter. His second film "Are You This Able?" (2001) premiered in the Haifa International Film Festival and participated in Festivals around the world. Israeli critic Amir Kaminer wrote about the film: "Rony Gruber's sensitive and human documentary is sheer exhilaration. A sweet moment of victory..." In 2002 he collaborated with praised writer Yitzhak Ben Ner writing a script for the fictional feature film "Nicole's Stations", commemorating 30 years to the Yom Kippur war. In 2003 Gruber directed a five episode docu-soap commissioned by Israel Broadcasting Authority. The series portrays day-to-day life at the "Herods" theme Hotel in Eilat using it as an allegory of Israeli society's hedonistic and extroverted existence. The music was written by composer Avi Benjamin. In 2007 he directed episodes in the critically acclaimed TV drama "Room Service" featuring: Asi Levi, Sasha Damidov, Danny Steg, Yehezkel Lazarov and others. In 2011, Gruber is working on two documentaries: "In Golda's Shoes"- a portrait of Golda Meir, a woman and an icon and "There We Sat and Wept..." in collaboration with Prof. Yossi Yona, telling the story for Iraqi Diaspora longing to Iraqi Jews driven out of Baghdad in the 40.