[[File:Natan Gross podczas kręcenia filmu Unzere kinder 1948 (Yoram Gross).jpg|thumb|Natan Gross while filming ''Unzere kinder'', 1948]] '''Natan Gross''' ({{langx|he|נתן גרוס}}; November 16, 1919, in Kraków – October 5, 2005, in Tel Aviv)<ref name="ksiazki">{{cite web |title=Zmarł Natan Gross - WP Książki |url=https://ksiazki.wp.pl/zmar-natan-gross-6146228154549889a |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=ksiazki.wp.pl}}</ref> was Polish and Israeli screenwriter, director, producer, film critic and historian, poet, writer, translator, editor and publisher writing in Polish and Hebrew. While in Poland, until 1950, he shot about 10 feature and documentary films in Yiddish, mostly with {{ill|Kinor (film studio)|lt=Kinor|pl}} film studio. In Israel he shot about 100 documentaries and several feature films<ref>[https://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/2005-10-05/ty-article/0000017f-db3c-df9c-a17f-ff3c3be10000 מת נתן גרוס, מחלוצי הקולנוע הישראלי, בגיל 86], ''Haaretz''</ref><ref name="gwzkrakow">{{cite web|url=https://gwzkrakow.pl/en/2023/11/16/natan-gross-1919-2005-3/|title=Natan Gross (1919-2005) – Jewish Religious Community|website=gwzkrakow.pl|access-date=2025-04-02}}</ref>
==Filmography== *1946–1949: Yidishe film kronik (from Yiddish: Jewish Film Chronicle) *1947: Der weg cum gezunt (from Yiddish: The path to health) *1947: Der yidisher yishuv in Niderschlezien (from Yiddish: The Jewish settlement in Lower Silesia) *1948: Der finfter yartzeit un ojfsztand in warszewer geto (''The Fifth Anniversary'' of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising) *1948: ''Undzere kinder'' (from Yiddish: Our children) *1948: {{ill|Mir lebngeblibene|pl|My, którzy przeżyliśmy}} (We who survived ; in Yiddish, documenting the revival of the social and cultural life of the Jews in Poland after World War II)<ref name="iluzjon">{{cite web|url=https://www.iluzjon.fn.org.pl/filmy/info/4110/my-ktorzy-przezylismy.html|website=iluzjon.fn.org.pl|title=Kino Iluzjon Filmoteki Narodowej – My, którzy przeżyliśmy |access-date=2025-04-02}}</ref><ref name="ushmm">{{cite web|url=https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1004375|title=Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|website=collections.ushmm.org|access-date=2025-04-02}}</ref><ref>[https://huji.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9920874180803701&context=L&vid=972HUJI_INST:972HUJI_INST_JFA&lang=en&search_scope=JFA&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=JFA&query=any,contains,Mir%20Lebngeblibene&sortby=date_d&facet=frbrgroupid,include,9033844723542199163&offset=0 Mir Lebngeblibene. Poland; 1946-1948] (video 1 hour, Steven Spilberg Jewish Film Archive)</ref> *1948: ORT (vocational education) *1948: Joint *1949: {{lang|he|אחרי אלפיים שנה}} ("Two Millenia After"; documentary, 12 min. Summarizing the first year of the official presentation of Israel in Poland; Hebrew and English subtitles)<ref>[https://jfc.org.il/en/news_journal/48371/ After 2000 Years], Israeli Film Archive</ref> *1949: Kadima Gordonia ("Forward, Gordonia", short) *1962: ''Joseph the Dreamer'' (screenplay) *1963: {{ill|The Cellar (1963 film)|lt=''The Cellar''|he|רתף (סרט)}} (feature film; 60 min.; the story of Holocaust survivor, Emmanuel, who works as a security guard on a construction site) <ref>[https://jfc.org.il/en/movie/45980-2/ The Cellar], Israeli Film Archive</ref>
==Books== *1986: {{langx|he|מי אתה אדון גרימק?}} (''Mi ata adon Grymek'', "Who Are You, Mr. Grymek?"), autobiography. The book title refers to his fake Polish name, Franciszek Grymek, used to avoid the Holocaust.<ref name=amaz/> **1991:''Kim pan jest, panie Grymek?'' Translation from Hebrew to Polish **2001: English translation by William R. Brand<ref name=amaz/> *Toldot ha-kolnoa ha-Yehudi be-Polin: 1910–1950/ The Jewish Film in Poland: 1910–1950. [Hebrew Language Edition]. **Polish title: ''Film Żydowski w Polsce'', 2002
==Awards== *1963: the film ''The Cellar'' won the Kinor David award, Israel<ref name="org.il">{{cite web|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/hbkr/1963/07/03/01/article/13?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1&utm_source=he.wikipedia.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%22%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%AA%D7%A3+%28%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%98%29%22&utm_content=itonut|website=nli.org.il|title=המלצה ל"המרתף" לבני הנעורים|access-date=2025-04-02}}</ref> and "Youth Prize" (Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People) at the Berlin International Film Festival<ref name="cinemaofisrael">{{cite web|url=https://cinemaofisrael.co.il/המרתף/|title=המרתף - ספר הקולנוע הישראלי|website=cinemaofisrael.co.il|access-date=2025-04-02}}</ref><ref>[https://jff.org.il/en/movie/76066 The Cellar], at the Jerusalem Film Festival, 2024</ref> *1991:Ophir Award for lifetime achievement<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/hadashot/1991/11/18/01/article/27?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1&utm_source=he.wikipedia.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%22%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%9F+%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%22&utm_content=itonut ״מעבר לים״ – אל מעבר לים], ''Hadashot'', November 18, 1991</ref> *For the book ''Who Are You, Mr. Grymek?''<ref name="amaz">[https://www.amazon.com/Who-Grymek-Library-Holocaust-Testimonies/dp/0853034117?asin=0853034117&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1], "Bibliographical Note"</ref> **1986: Leon Lustig Prize (for the Hebrew original) **1991: ''{{ill|Echo Krakowa|pl}}}'' Book of the Year for the Polish translation
==Family== Natan, born to Jakub and Sarah, had brothers Yoram Gross born Jerzy, and Jozef, and sister Klara.<ref name=amaz/><ref>Lawrence Baron, [https://www.academia.edu/29625563/Jews_Kangaroos_and_Koalas_The_animaTed_holocausT_Films_oF_Yoram_gross Jews, Kangaroos, and Koalas: The animaTed holocausT Films of Yoram Gross], ''Post Script'', vol.32, no.2, pp. 60–70 ()</ref> He was married to Shulamit Gross with whom he had son {{ill|Yaakov Gross|he|יעקב גרוס}} and daughter Aliza.<ref name=amaz/>
==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *[https://gwzkrakow.pl/en/2023/11/16/natan-gross-1919-2005-3/ Natan Gross (1919-2005)]
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0343464}} *[https://jfc.org.il/en/official/natan-gross/ Natan Gross filmography] at the Israeli Film Archive {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gross, Natan}} Category:1919 births Category:2005 deaths Category:Israeli film directors Category:Israeli writers Category:Israeli poets Category:Israeli film producers Category:Israeli screenwriters Category:Israeli translators Category:Polish film directors Category:Polish screenwriters Category:Kraków Ghetto inmates Category:Polish Holocaust survivors Category:Polish Jews in Israel Category:Polish emigrants to Israel Category:Jewish Polish film people Category:Ophir Award winners Category:Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent Category:People from Kraków