Joel Silberg

Joel Silberg

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1927-03-30
Deathday: 2013-02-18 (85 years old)

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Biography

Joel Silberg (Hebrew: יואל זילברג; March 30, 1927 – February 18, 2013) was a film, television and stage director and screenwriter in Israel and the United States. He made films in Israel including so-called Bourekas films. He then directed films in the U.S. during the 1980s, including Breakin' and Lambada. Both have been described as exploitation films. In 2008 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israel Film Academy. Silberg was born in Palestine in 1927. He was the son of actor Ben Zion Silberg. He began his career directing at London's Old Vic theater. He co-wrote the Israeli musical film Kazablan (1974).

Breakin' was shot in Los Angeles and reflects a different style of break dancing and street dance culture than the Bronx, New York film Beat Street. The film, directed by Sam Firstenberg, was a Cannon Films productions. Roger Ebert gave this film 1 1/2 stars, stating that it was a rather predictable story. The sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, was released 7 months later, and it received poor critical reception. Later on, the subtitle "Electric Boogaloo" would enter the pop-culture lexicon as a snowclone pejorative nickname to denote an archetypical sequel.Author Kimberly Monteyne referred to films such as Rappin' as "hip hop-oriented exploitation extravaganzas".Silberg died on February 18, 2013, in Israel, aged 85.

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Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1927-03-30

Deathday
2013-02-18 (85 years old)

Birth Place
Tel Aviv, Israel

Citizenships
Israel

Also Known As
Yoel Silberg

Awards
Ophir Award for lifetime achievement


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