Gideon Raff Quotes

• Here in Israel, we want the boys back home, we demand it from our government, who often pay a steep price to get hostages back. But we need a happy ending. We don’t want to deal with those days after release, their post-trauma or reintroduction to society. Yet coming home is only the start of their journey.

  Gideon Raff

  Topics in Society

  Tags in Government

• In America, after 9/11, and after the death of bin Laden, and after two wars, one of them fought, a lot of people think, on false pretenses, and definitely post the Patriot Act, there are a lot of these questions about what can we do to our citizens in order to prevent the next attack.

  Gideon Raff

  Topics in America, Death

  Tags in Terrorist

• Whenever I look at pictures of horrific things that soldiers do or that have been done to soldiers I always feel sorry for everybody involved because politics throws them into these horrific situations where really it’s just 18-year-old kids.

  Gideon Raff

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Horrific, Situations

• When I tell my American counterparts that my budget was $200,000 per episode, they burst out laughing. To us that’s a big production, to them it’s a guerrilla shoot.

  Gideon Raff

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in American, Counterparts

• The lives of prisoners of war after they are returned is almost never discussed, never explored.

  Gideon Raff

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in War, Prisoners

• The PoWs went through something so horrible, you don’t know who’s coming back.

  Gideon Raff

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Horrible

• Israel’s a small country but both the audience and programme-makers are very sophisticated.

  Gideon Raff

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Audience

• I’m Israeli and gay.

  Gideon Raff

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Israeli

• When you live far away, home looks a little different every time.

  Gideon Raff

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Yourself, Living

Gideon Raff (9)

Birth:	1973
Nationality:	Israeli
Profession:	Director, Producer, Screenwriter

About

Gideon "Gidi" Raff was born in Jerusalem, Israel. He is an Israeli director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning 2010 Israeli television drama series Prisoners of War and Homeland(won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012). He completed a degree in Film at Tel Aviv University. He completed a graduate degree in directing at the American Film Institute in 2003. He directed and written several films and TV series include: The Killing Floor(film), Train(film), and Prisoners of War(TV series). He produced several films and TV series include: The Killing Floor(film), Prisoners of War(TV series-Executive producer), Tyrant (TV series-Executive producer), and Dig (TV series-Executive producer).

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