​Filmography Prizes and Awards

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1963 – Sallah Shabati
1964 – Three Israeli Kinor David Israeli Prizes for Film Script, Best Actress and  

                Best Actor
1964 – Nomination for the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Foreign Film
1964 – Two Golden Gate Awards in the San Francisco International Film

                Festival for Best Script and Best Acting
1965 – Two Golden Globe Awards by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

                for for Outstanding Foreign Film 1964 and Best Acting
1965 – All Americans Press – American Distributor’s First Prize for Best

               Foreign Direction
1966 – Viennale, Festival of Gaiety – 1966 Prize

1969 – Blaumilch Canal (The Big Dig)

1969 – Nomination for the Golden Globe award 1969 by the Hollywood

               Foreign Press Association for Best Foreign Language Film
1969 – XI Semana International De Cine En Color, Barcelona “The Lady With

               The Umbrella” Prize for Outstanding Foreign Picture
1971 – Monte Carlo Festival International De Televion: Mention Speciale De La

                Critique International

1971 – The Policeman

1971 – Kinor David Israeli Prize for Best Actor
1971 – XIII Semana International De Cine En Color, Barcelona “The Lady With

               The Umbrella” Prize for Outstanding Foreign Picture
1972 -  Nomination for the Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film 1971
1972 – The Golden Globe Award by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

                for Best Foreign Language Film 1971
1972 – Cine Del Duca Award by Monte Carlo International Film Festival For

               Television for Best Production
1972 – Gold Medal Special Jury Award by the Atlanta International Film

               Festival

 



 

Literature Awards



1953  Israeli Nordau Prize for Literature;
1958  the Israeli Sokolov Prize for Journalism;
1964  the Israeli Kinor David Prize;
1998  the Bialik Prize for literature

2002  Israel Prize for his lifetime achievement and special contribution to society and the State of Israel.

Since 2001 Mr. Kishon was nominated for the Literary Nobel Prize.
Herzl Prize, Jabotinsky Prize,
The French Ordre de St. Fortunat award,
The Noble Prize of Humor in Paris,
The German Wider den tierschen Ernst award and the highest award for literary achievement of Germany Bundesverdienstkreuz I. Class, of Austria State Prize, I. Class
The Order of Merit State Prize of Hungary