Jakob Jonilowicz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jakob Jonilowicz

Israeli film director

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1908

Place of Birth: Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 11-Apr-1975

Profession: film director

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jakob Jonilowicz Hebrew: ???? ?????????? (1908–1975) was an Israeli cinematographer.Jonilowicz was born in Vilna, at that time part of the Russian Empire.
He studied cinematography in Paris. In 1936 he was the photo director of the film Yidl Mitn Fidl (English: Yiddle with his Fiddle, German: Jidl mit der Fiedel, Polish: Judel gra na Skrzypcach). In 1939 he returned to Vilna (Wilno), when Germany started World War II, to help his family. He survived the Holocaust.
After the war he was director of photography of Long Is the Road (Lang ist der Weg), Germany 1947–48. Later he moved to Israel. Jonilowicz directed the photography of the following films: Tent City – Ir Ha’ohalim, Israel, 1951 Et La Noce Dansait presented in Cannes Film Festival, 1952 Break of Day, Israel, 1952–1953 Transition, US, 1954In 1961 he filmed the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem. Jonilowicz married Dolly Kobryner (Dolly Jonilowicz, 1908–1944), a US citizen born in New York and dedicated to photo editing; she was killed by Germans in German-Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
He had a daughter in Israel, Tali Jonilowicz (1953), with his second wife, Hanna Jonilowicz (1925–1999). Jakob Jonilowicz died in Israel in 1975.