Asher Tlalim (Hebrew: אשר טללים; aka: Asher de Bentolila Tlalim, 30 March 1950 – 21 October 2022) was an Israeli filmmaker, born in Tangier (then an international city, now part of Morocco), who grew up in Spain and since the beginning of the millennium was based in London.
Tlalim was mostly known for his 1989-90 trilogy Kol ha’Anashim Ha’bodedim (All the Lonely People, recipient of the 1990 Wolgin Prize, Jerusalem Film Festival); for his 1994 film Don’t Touch My Holocaust (recipient of the Israeli Academy Award prize, currently named Ophir Award); his critically acclaimed film Galoot, exile in Hebrew[1] as well as his children's videos, Dig-dig-dug 1, 2 & 3 and others.
Tlalim's work has received scholarly attention by academics such as Omer Bartov[3] and others.
[4] Tlalim lived in London and taught at the National Film and Television School (NFTS).
In 1993 Tlalim married his second wife, Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim and had two more children: Avigail and Jonathan.