The Israeli cultural icon directed 16 features, including The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum, which is being adapted by Lionsgate as The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, starring Robin Williams, Mila Kunis and Peter Dinklag Dayan is considered one the most iconic cultural figures in Israel, winning a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Israeli Film Academy in 2009 Despite decline in fame and projects due to addiction, Dayan regained prominence in 2005 when he starred as the therapist in the critically acclaimed TV series Be’Tipul, adapted by HBO as In Treatment with Gabriel Byrne starring in Dayan’s original role. The son of Israeli military leader and politician Moshe Dayan, who died in 1979, Assi Dayan made his film acting debut in 1967’s He Walked Through the Fields and went on to star in such movies as 1969’s John Huston-directed drama A Walk with Love and Death, co-starring the director’s daughter Anjelica Huston and 1977’s Academy Award Best Foreign Film nominee Operation Thunderbolt.
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