Bitton, Simone

(1955, Rabat, Morocco-)

   She immigrated to Israel with her family at age eleven. After completing her studies at the Paris-based IDHEC, she had a short career as an editor before devoting herself to directing documentaries.

 Filmography

        ◘ Solange Giraud, née Tache (documentary; short)

        ◘ Nos Mères de Méditerranée (documentary)

1993 ◘ Daney / Sanbar (documentary)

        ◘ Mahmoud Darwich: Et la Terre comme la Langue (documentary; Israel / France)

        ◘ Pigu'a (documentary; France / Belgium)

        ◘ L'Attentat (documentary; France / Israel / Belgium)

2001 ◘ Ben Barka, l'Equation marocaine (documentary)

2004 ◘ Le Mur (documentary; France / Israel)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Nissim et Cherie (documentary)

        ◘ Jean-Jacques (documentary; short)

        ◘ La Réunion d'entre deux Guerres (documentary)

        ◘ La Vie devant elles (documentary)

        ◘ Chouf le Look (documentary)

1990 ◘ Les Grandes Voix de la Chanson arabe (3 X 55' documentary)

1993 ◘ Palestine, Histoire d'une Terre (2 X 55' documentary)

1994 ◘ Arafat au quotidien (documentary; short)

2001 ◘ Citizen Bashara (documentary)

2003 ◘ Ramalalh Dailies (25 X 3' documentary)