Jakob Jonilowicz


Jakob Jonilowicz יעקב יונילוביץ was an Israeli cinematographer.
Jonilowicz was born in Vilna, at that time part of the Russian Empire. He studied cinematography in Paris.
In 1936 he was the photo director of the film Yidl Mitn Fidl.
In 1939 he returned to Vilna, when Germany started World War II, to help his family.
He survived the Holocaust. After the war he was director of photography of Long Is the Road, Germany 1947–48.
Later he moved to Israel.
Jonilowicz directed the photography of the following films:
In 1961 he filmed the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem.
Jonilowicz married Dolly Kobryner, a US citizen born in New York and dedicated to photo editing; she was killed by Germans in German-Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. He had a daughter in Israel, Tali Jonilowicz, with his second wife, Hanna Jonilowicz.
Jakob Jonilowicz died in Israel in 1975.

''Der Wilner Express''

An article published in Vilna, 1936, in the Der Wilner Ekspres detailed Jakob Jonilowicz' childhood and life before World War II.