Elida Gera

Elida Gera (אלידע גרא) (1932, New York - May 10, 2017, Megadim) was an Israeli film director, dancer and choreographer. She is the first Israeli female film director who released a feature film (Before Tomorrow (1969 film), black and white, 1969). The second one is Michal Bat-Adam with her Moments released ten years later.

Gera was born in the United States in 1931. She studied dance at Juilliard School, performed off-Broadway and later worked as choreographer. She became interested in cinema and studied directing and photography in Canada. There she married an Israeli artist and stage designer Zvi Gera and the two had three sons. In 1964 they emigrated to Israel and settled in Or Yehuda.

In 2013 her restored film Before Tomorrow was screened at the International Women's Film Festival In Rehovot.