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
69th Venice International Film Festival Lion for Best Director. Israeli actress Hadas Yaron for her performance in "Fill the Void" was selected as the Best Actress in the festival. The international juries of the 69th Venice International Film Festival included: Main competition (Venezia 69) Horizons (Orizzonti) Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film) The following eighteen films were selected for the main competition: The following films were selected for the out of competition section: The following films were selected for the "Horizons (Orizzonti)" section: The following selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinema were screened for this section: The following rare films