Leo Filler was an Israeli stage and film actor and director. Filler was born in Buenos Aires where he also studied acting, before immigrating to Israel in 1950. After establishing himself, creatively and professionally, he took over as Head of the Film Department at the Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts.
As an actor, Filler was a regular on both Ohel and Habima theatre stages. Highlights of his stage credits include Exit the King, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Blue Bird, Death of a Salesman, Peer Gynt, and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. During his time at Habima National Theatre, Filler directed the play, Billy Liar, starring Arik Einstein, and Shimon Yisraeli’s hit one-man show, Just a Weekday (‘stam yom shel chol’) that introduced Israelis to the art of chansons.
In film, highlights of Filler’s credits include They were Ten (Baruch Dienar, 1960), and The Prodigal Son (Yosef Shalhin, 1968). As a screenwriter, Filler was involved with writing the scripts for Menahem Golan’s El Dorado (1963), and Joel Silberg’s The Simhon Family (1965). In 1965, he co-wrote and co-directed the film, Girls’ Paradise Eilat with Nathan Axelrod, followed by Topele (1968) which he directed.

Feature

Bring Out the Girls to Eilat

Directed by Nathan Axelrod, Leo Filler, 1964
הבו בנות לאילת

85 min.

Feature

They Were Ten

Directed by Baruch Dienar, 1960
הם היו עשרה
Rental English subs.

100 min.

Documentary

A Portrait of an Artist - Marcel Janco

Directed by Leo Filler, 1978
דיוקנו של אמן - מרסל ינקו

39 min.

Documentary

Meeting A Challenge

Directed by Leo Filler, 1974
ישראל כאתגר

32 min.

Documentary

Yom Kippur War

Directed by Leo Filler, 1973
מלחמת יום כיפור

28 min.

Documentary

To Lay Mines or to Return?

Directed by Leo Filler, 1972
למקש או לחזור?

8 min.

Documentary

The Soldier in the Unit

Directed by Leo Filler, 1969
החיילת ביחידה

9 min.

Documentary

Follow Me

Directed by Alfred Steinhardt, 1968
ששת הימים

105 min.

Documentary

Operation Spider

Directed by Leo Filler, 1966
מבצע עכביש

14 min.

Documentary

On Track

Directed by Leo Filler, 1965
במסלול

32 min.