Samuel Maoz Samuel Maoz Samuel Maoz (Hebrew: שמואל מעוז; born c. 1962) is an Israeli film director. His 2009 film, "Lebanon" won the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival. He also won the award for Best Screenplay for Lebanon at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2010. Shmuel (Shmuel) Maoz was born in Tel Aviv. At the age of 20, he was a gunner in one of the first Israeli tanks to enter Lebanon in the 1982 Lebanon War. After the war, he trained as a cameraman at the Beit Zvi theater school, and did art direction in film
62nd Venice International Film Festival of the Film Festival, as well as congresses and cultural events. The international juries of the 62nd Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows: Main Competition ("Venezia 62") This jury confers the Golden Lion for the best film. Horizons ("Orizzonti") This jury assigns two Horizons Awards, for best film and for best documentary. Short Film Competition ("Corto Cortissimo") This jury assigns the Corto Cortissimo Award for best short and the UIP Prize for best European short. Opera Prima ("Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film) In a contest that examines all feature-length films that are first works present