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With the documentary "Island of Roses," filmmaker Gregori Viens takes a snapshot of a culture and a language that is passing from the land of the living to that of scholars and libraries.
After studying sociology at the Université de Paris, he moved back to California and obtained a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA and later an M.F.A. in Film from Syracuse University. At age 24, he made his first feature-length documentary, Island of Roses, The Jews of Rhodes, in Los Angeles.
The Sephardic Jews of Rhodes were once Spaniards who came to find an idyllic new home in the Greek island of Rhodes. The same night that Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492, the King and Queen of Spain forced all Jews out of their country.
Gregori Viens. Director: Punching the Clown. Gregori Viens was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Paris, and is a dual citizen of France and the United States. After studying sociology at the Université de Paris, he moved back to California and obtained a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, and later an M.F.A. in Film from Syracuse University.
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Mar 9, 2016 · Gregori Viens, 'And Punching The Clown'. Ahead of the world premiere in SXSW in 24 Beats Per Second on March 13, the director talks to Jeremy Berkowitz about grounding his films in reality, the...
After studying sociology at the Université de Paris, he moved back to California and obtained a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, and later an M.F.A. in Film from Syracuse University. At age 24, he made his first feature length documentary, Island of Roses, The Jews of Rhodes in Los Angeles.
Gregori Viens was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Paris, and is a dual citizen of France and the United States. After studying sociology at the Université de Paris, he moved back to California and obtained a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA, and later an M.F.A. in Film from Syracuse University.
