Director Tom Ivy at historic Auschwitz
Concentration Camp in Poland.
Shooting at Auschwitz
Cameraman Don Piper lines up the jib camera on the train tracks at the infamous Auschwitz
Concentration Camp in Poland (from GREAT SOULS).
Ben Gurion Airport - Tel Aviv
Making rain at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel,
doubling for JFK, New York.
(from AGAINST ALL ODDS).
In the Israeli desert
Horsemen prepare for a World War I cavalry scene
from "The Story of MichMash" in the film "AGAINST ALL ODDS" as director Tom Ivy looks on.
Shooting a World War I scene
A British cavalryman from World War I prepares for the battle for MichMash.
Taking a break on set
(On location in the Isreali desert).
DP Tom Rimon
Top Israeli Director of Photography
Tom Rimon on set for MIRACLES IN THE DESERT.
Re-creating the '67 War
Shooting the Avigdor Kahalani story from the 1967 Six Day War in Israel.
From The Shula Cohen Story
Shula Cohen secretly goes to meet with Jewish
intelligence agents inside Lebanon before being
caught and sentenced to death in a Syrian court.
Rehearsing in the desert
Young Israeli horsemen train to be British cavalry soldiers for the Vivian Gilbert story from World War I.
Israeli producer Rami Damri
Israeli Producer Rami Damri takes a turn behind
the camera during shooting of AGAINST ALL ODDS.
Director Tom Ivy watches the monitor.
On the floor for Tom!
Director of Photography ILAN NACHUM lines up a
shot for the story of Israel's freedom fighters
before Israel became a state.
On location in Israel
Shooting a hillside scene on a
remote canyon location.
Director Tom Ivy on set
Tom Ivy directs Dotan Kahalani in a scene
re-creating Dotan's father's story of escaping
from a burning tank during the Six Day war
in 1967.
Journalist Michael Greenspan
Michael Greenspan in a scene representing a
New York newsroom
(from AGAINST ALL ODDS).
On location in Jerusalem
The Wailing Wall, made up of the foundation stones to the western wall of Solomon's Temple,
forms the backdrop for an interview
with an Israeli war veteran.
Setting up a shot from 1948
Setting up the crane camera for a dramatic scene
outside the walls of Jerusalem in 1948.
On location in Jerusalem
The jib camera lines up a high shot along the
southern wall of the Temple Mount,
Jerusalem, Israel.
Re-creating 1948
Shooting a scene from The Battle For Jerusalem
from the 1948 israeli War for Independence.
Violinist Idan Denesh
Violin virtuoso Idan Denesh plays his music on the Mount of Olives in a scene from MIRACLES IN
THE DESERT.
Editor Ittai Finkelstein
Israeli editor and good friend Ittai Finkelstein
who gave "Miracles In The Desert" its great look.
From THE SHULA COHEN Story
Israeli Academy Award winner RAYMOND AMSALEM
(on the bed) awaits director Tom Ivy's cue for
'Action' in the spy story from Lebanon
of Shula Cohen.
At the 'Green Door'
Director Tom Ivy re-creates the historic scene of young Israeli soldiers finding the famous
'Green Door' that would lead them to the
wailing wall of Solomon's Temple during the battle
for Jerusalem from the Six Day War in 1967.
On location with the Army
A company of Israeli soldiers, after an exhausting all night march filmed from the story of the Yom Kippur War in Israel (from AGAINST ALL ODDS).
At the Temple in Jerusalem
Director Tom Ivy talks with young Israeli actors
about to recreate a famous scene from the Six Day
War in Jerusalem, Israel.
An historic synagogue scene
DP Ilan Nachum sets up a scene inside an historic synagogue in Jerusalem, Israel.
IAt the beach in Tel Aviv
Director Tom Ivy and Miracles In The Desert host
JONATHAN FALWELL between takes in Jaffa,
overlooking the city of Tel Aviv.
At the Vatican in Rome
Tom Ivy with producer BILL MCKAY on a location
scouting trip in Rome for the John Paul II story.
(from GREAT SOULS)
Looking for a shot!
Director Tom Ivy (center) with leading Israeli
Director of Photography TOM RIMON (to the left)
on location in Galilee, Israel for MIRACLES IN THE DESERT.
With the King of Jordan
Tom Ivy sets up a scene depicting 'The King of
Jordan'. First Assistant director DANNY MOZES
looks on.
The crew can act!
Second Assistant director LAVIE BURNS dons an
Israeli soldier uniform to become an actor in a
scene from AGAINST ALL ODDS.
Tom Ivy with Ariel Roshko
Isreal's leading production designer, Veteran filmmaker ARIEL ROSHKO, watches a scene on location
as director Tom Ivy looks on.
(From AGAINST ALL ODDS).
He thinks like Tom!
International film and television editor
ROEI RINAT at the console. Roei's editorial
viewpoint mirrors Tom Ivy's more than any editor
Tom has ever worked with. The two are good
friends as well as professional colleagues.
At David Ben-Gurion's grave
Leading Israeli Director of Photography
ILAN NACHUM lines up the crane camera for a scene at the graveside of Israel's George Washington,
DAVID BEN-GURION.
It's high up here!
Director of Photography ILAN NACHUM rides the
crane in a scene-ending shot
(from AGAINST ALL ODDS).
Bill McKay with son Grant
AGAINST ALL ODDS producer Bill Mckay with son
Grant McKay on location in the Israeli desert.
The sun sets in the desert
The sun sets behind the desert location set of a British Army camp on the eastern front of
World War I.
(From the MichMash Story / Against All Odds).
Producer RAMI DAMRI
Leading Israeli producer RAMI DAMRI on a location scout for AGAINST ALL ODDS in Jaffa, just south of Tel Aviv.
Michael Greenspan in Jerusalem
Journalist / Actor Michael Greenspan between
takes at the Kotel, in Jerusalem.
Setting up a car shot
Setting up a car mounted camera for a location
driving scene with actor Michael Greenspan.
In the Israeli desert
Horsemen of the British cavalry pass a camera /
lighting tower set up for a battle scene from
World War I.
At the war museum in Latrun
Setting up for a scene at Israel's Armored Corps
Museum at Latrun.
Shula's Wedding Party
Shooting a wedding dinner scene
in 1930's Jerusalem.
(from The Shula Cohen Story)
The Happy Couple!
Miracles In The Desert Field Producer RAMI GANOR
and NOGA GANOR on location in Israel.
Tom Ivy considers the Ganors his adoptive 'family' in Israel.
filming The Shula Cohen Story
Tom Ivy directs actors MICHAEL GREENSPAN and
BAT-SHEVA GRANT in a scene from The Shula Cohen
Story for AGAINST ALL ODDS.
Directing in Arabic
Filming an Arabic language scene set in Lebanon.
Second Assistant director LAVIE BURNS (in the
chair) follows the script as director Tom Ivy
watches from behind the chair.
re-creating the British Army
A British Army officer in a scene from the Battle for MichMash from the Vivian Gilbert Story shot on location in the Negev desert.
The Turkish Army under attack
A hugeTurkish Army camp turns into mass hysteria
when the Turks think they are under attack by
the entire British Army in a scene from history
recreated by writer/director Tom Ivy for AGAINST
ALL ODDS.
At ancient Caesarea
Keren Kayemeth Le Israel World Chairman
EFFIE STENZLER among the ruins of the ancient
Roman city of Caesarea
(from MIRACLES IN THE DESERT)
Shooting the past
Production Designer ARIEL ROSHKO sets up for a
scene of the Roman army after its attack and
destruction of Israel in 70 AD.
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