Amit Lahav

Amit Lahav


in Israel
Amit is the Artistic Director and founder of Gecko. He was born in Israel and grew up in London where he trained with theatre and dance creators such as Lindsay Kemp and David Glass and worked as a facilitator in South East Asia, making theatre with street children over a four year period. Shortly after this time he began to develop his own company and methodologies; particularly Gecko’s emphasis on emotion, physicality, metaphor, breath and musicality. The shows are created in the UK with an international ensemble and tour world-wide. He has developed a unique language of training, performance, devising and teaching and these methods are used by the company as Gecko continue to generate relationships around the world.

Amit has created seven critically acclaimed Gecko shows; Taylor’s Dummies, The Race, The Arab and The Jew, The Overcoat, Missing, Institute and The Wedding, all of which have toured nationally and internationally. In 2015, Amit created and performed in The Time of Your Life, which was broadcast live on BBC4 as part of Live From Television Centre.

Movies for Amit Lahav...

Institute
Title: Institute
Character: Martin
Released: July 20, 2020
Type: Movie
Enter a shadowy establishment where residents attempt to create order from the chaos of life. Carers become patients, memories fracture and relationships collide. Physical theatre company Gecko has a reputation for generating unique worlds, intoxicatingly beautiful scenes and breathtaking choreography. Based on their internationally acclaimed production by Amit Lahav, this film is a visually captivating and poetic dissection of the way we nurture and care for ourselves and each other.
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The Time Of Your Life
Title: The Time Of Your Life
Character: Peter
Released: November 15, 2015
Type: Movie
The Time of Your Life has an ordinary man at its heart. Desperate to feel different and to find a real human connection in a world consumed by social networks and mass advertising, the man embarks on a journey through rooms representing different milestones in his life. The rooms are transformed using powerful visual effects to create an increasingly vivid world for the viewer that disintegrates as quickly as it appears.
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Stories of Lost Souls
Title: Stories of Lost Souls
Character: Matt
Released: November 12, 2004
Type: Movie
Seven (or six - depending on the version) short stories of conquest, desperation and the will to overcome.
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New Year's Eve
Title: New Year's Eve
Character: Matt
Released: November 18, 2002
Type: Movie
A young woman brings out the worst in a group of friends on New Year's Eve.