Meir Doron
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Meir Doron was born November 26, 1954, in Rehovot
, Israel. He is an editor, journalist and publisher, and is the author of several books and award-winning screenplays. He resides in Los Angeles, California.
, a leading weekly in Israel at the time, edited by the legendary Israeli journalist Uri Avneri. Doron rose to the position of editor of the entertainment section of La'isha - a leading Israeli weekly magazine, and as the editor of the Israel Defense Force magazine B'MAhane Nahal. He has served as the Editor in Chief of Los Angeles based Hebrew publications, Hadashot LA, Shalom LA and Shavuah Israeli over a period of fifteen years, and as the publisher of LA Health News.
Mr. Doron co-wrote four full-length screenplays. Bread, directed by Ram Loevy
was awarded the Prix Italia
1986 as the best full length TV-film of that year, and was broadcast in the United States on PBS. In 1988 Doron co-wrote Meshakeem Bahoref (Winter Games). In 1989, he co-wrote the original Israeli feature film Helem Krav (Shell Shock), distributed in the US by Sony Pictures Entertainment
. His 1990 film Parents & Sons was awarded the Silver Lion (the Israeli Emmy) as best TV-Drama of that year. Mr. Doron is a regular lecturer on Hebrew literature at UCLA.
Mr. Doron has written three books. From The Heart (2007) is a saga documenting the eighty-year journey of a family from Iraq at the beginning of the 20th century, to United States today. He co-wrote Rebel With a Cause – the story of an urban partisan during WWII, which exclusively documents a number of untold heroic acts by Raoul Wallenberg
(2010). He also co-wrote with Joseph Gelman Confidential – The biography of legendary Hollywood producer, Arnon Milchan, scheduled for publication in July of 2011. On July 18, 2011, the New York Times featured at leangth the book Confidential in its Global Business section.
of October 1973, Mr. Doron served in a combat unit along the Suez Canal, as the communications specialist in the armored personnel carrier of battalion commander Ehud Barak
, who later became Israel’s Prime Minister and today serves as its Defense Minister.
Mr. Doron is married with two children.
Rehovot
Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 112,700. Rehovot's official website estimates the population at 114,000.Rehovot was built on the site of Doron,...
, Israel. He is an editor, journalist and publisher, and is the author of several books and award-winning screenplays. He resides in Los Angeles, California.
Career
Mr. Doron has published over 2,000 articles, interviews, investigative reports and commentaries in a variety of Hebrew-language media in Israel and in the US. He began his career as an investigative Journalist for HaOlam HaZehHaolam Hazeh
HaOlam HaZeh was a weekly news magazine published in Israel until 1993.The magazine was founded in 1937 under the name Tesha BaErev but was renamed HaOlam HaZeh in 1946...
, a leading weekly in Israel at the time, edited by the legendary Israeli journalist Uri Avneri. Doron rose to the position of editor of the entertainment section of La'isha - a leading Israeli weekly magazine, and as the editor of the Israel Defense Force magazine B'MAhane Nahal. He has served as the Editor in Chief of Los Angeles based Hebrew publications, Hadashot LA, Shalom LA and Shavuah Israeli over a period of fifteen years, and as the publisher of LA Health News.
Mr. Doron co-wrote four full-length screenplays. Bread, directed by Ram Loevy
Ram Loevy
Ram Loevy is an award-winning Israeli television director and screenwriter since the medium first began broadcasting in the country in 1968...
was awarded the Prix Italia
Prix Italia
The Prix Italia is an international Italian television, radio-broadcasting and Website award. It was established in 1948 by RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana in Capri...
1986 as the best full length TV-film of that year, and was broadcast in the United States on PBS. In 1988 Doron co-wrote Meshakeem Bahoref (Winter Games). In 1989, he co-wrote the original Israeli feature film Helem Krav (Shell Shock), distributed in the US by Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony...
. His 1990 film Parents & Sons was awarded the Silver Lion (the Israeli Emmy) as best TV-Drama of that year. Mr. Doron is a regular lecturer on Hebrew literature at UCLA.
Mr. Doron has written three books. From The Heart (2007) is a saga documenting the eighty-year journey of a family from Iraq at the beginning of the 20th century, to United States today. He co-wrote Rebel With a Cause – the story of an urban partisan during WWII, which exclusively documents a number of untold heroic acts by Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish businessman, diplomat and humanitarian. He is widely celebrated for his successful efforts to rescue thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary from the Holocaust, during the later stages of World War II...
(2010). He also co-wrote with Joseph Gelman Confidential – The biography of legendary Hollywood producer, Arnon Milchan, scheduled for publication in July of 2011. On July 18, 2011, the New York Times featured at leangth the book Confidential in its Global Business section.
Personal
During the Yom Kippur WarYom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria...
of October 1973, Mr. Doron served in a combat unit along the Suez Canal, as the communications specialist in the armored personnel carrier of battalion commander Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 until 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011 and holds the posts of Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's government....
, who later became Israel’s Prime Minister and today serves as its Defense Minister.
Mr. Doron is married with two children.