Biography

Leon Prudovsky was born in St.-Petersburg, Russia in 1978, and raised in Israel. He emerged to the world of cinema in 2005 with his diploma film from The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television (Tel Aviv University), Dark Night which was voted finalist at the Student Academy Awards(TM) and received Special Mention in Venice Film Festival and dozens of other awards. In 2009 he co-wrote and directed his first feature film "Five Hours from Paris" which was officially selected for Toronto Film Festival and received awards in Haifa, Nice and Napoli. In 2014 he was offered to direct a period drama series "Family Album" for channel 1, Moscow, which had a tremendous success in Russian speaking world. His second full-length feature film "My neighbor Adolf" will premiere in 2022. Leon writes his own scripts, equally directs other projects and serves as a script consultant and artistic adviser in different Film Funds and private production companies. Leon is based in Tel Aviv and Paris.
- IMDb mini biography by: Leon Prudovsky