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Corneliu Porumboiu was born on 14 September 1975 in Vaslui, Romania. He is a writer and director, known for 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006), The Whistlers (2019) and Police, Adjective (2009).- Director
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Octav Chelaru was born on 30 September 1991 in Piatra Neamt, Romania. He is a director and writer, known for A Higher Law (2021), Private Party (2017) and Occupied (2015).- Director
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Cristian Nemescu was born on 31 March 1979 in Bucharest, Romania. He was a director and writer, known for California Dreamin' (2007), Marilena from P7 (2006) and Poveste la scara 'C' (2003). He died on 24 August 2006 in Bucharest, Romania.- Producer
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Calin Peter Netzer was born on the 1st May 1975 in Petrosani [Petroschen], Romania. His family belongs to the Transylvanian Saxons, a cultural minority of German descent who lives since generations in Romania. He was raised mainly in Cluj [Klausenburg]. Netzer's father was a dentist and emigrated to West-Germany in 1981, while Netzer's mother and he himself followed in 1983. He went to school in Stuttgart, but returned to Romania after the revolution in December 1989. From 1994 to 1999 Netzer studied at the 'National University of Theatre and Film I.L. Caragiale (UNATC)' in Bucharest and graduated with a diploma in film direction. Netzer directed multiple award-winning short films before his feature film debut Maria (2003) won the 'Special Prize of the Jury', 'Best Actor' and 'Best Actress' at the 'Locarno International Film Festival' 2003 among many other awards. His next feature Medalia de onoare (2009) received the Silver Alexander award, the FIPRESCI prize and the awards for 'Best Screenplay' and 'Best Actor' at the 'Thessaloniki International Film Festival' in 2009 among many other honors. In 2013 his third feature Child's Pose (2013), which was directed, written and produced by Netzer and shot digitally on a low budget, was invited into the 'Official Competition' of the 'Berlin International Film Festival' where it won the 'Golden Bear' award and the FIPRESCI prize. It was the first Romanian film to win the top award of the Berlinale and internationally celebrated as a new masterpiece of the Romanian New Wave.- Producer
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Florin Serban was born in 1975 in Resita, Romania. He studied Philosophy and has an MA in Philosophy of Culture and Hermeneutics from Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. He studied film directing in Bucharest at U.N.A.T.C, received a BFA, and later moved to the US. He graduated from Columbia University in NYC with an MFA in Film Directing. With his first feature film, "If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle", he received Grand Jury Prize at 2010 Berlinale together with Alfred Bauer Prize for Innovation in Cinema.- Director
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Gabriel Achim was born on 17 July 1975 in Mizil, Romania. He is a director and producer, known for Adalbert's Dream (2011), The Last Day (2016) and Uneori ninge cu zãpadã, alteori cu întuneric (2021).- Director
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Radu Muntean was born on 8 June 1971 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a director and writer, known for Hârtia va fi albastra (2006), Tuesday, After Christmas (2010) and Summer Holiday (2008).- Director
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Adrian Sitaru was born on 4 November 1971 in Deva, Romania. He is a director and writer, known for The Fixer (2016), Art (2014) and Counterpart (2014).- Director
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Cristi Puiu was born on 3 April 1967 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a director and writer, known for Aurora (2010), Sieranevada (2016) and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005). He has been married to Anca Puiu since 21 April 1998. They have three children.- Director
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Half Swiss and half Romanian, Ruxandra Zenide was born in Bucharest in 1975. When she was 15, her parents moved to Switzerland. Zenide was passionate about cinema and in 1998 she became the assistant director of the Cinéma Tout Ecran Fim Festival in Geneva. After obtaining her Master's Degree in International Affairs at the 'Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes Internationales' (IUHEI) in Geneva, she studied film directing at the New York University for a year and then at the FAMU in Prague from 2000 to 2002. While studying at FAMU, she co-wrote, produced and directed the short film "Dust" which was selected by many international festivals incl. Clermont-Ferrand, Bruxelles and Locarno, where she won the "Prize for Promising Talent". Her medium length film Green Oaks (2003), shot in Romania, was a co-production with Swiss TV and had an intense film festival life, winning awards at Brest, Drame, Olympia, Solothurn, Nenzing and Famu Fest. In 2004, she was one of the founders of the film production company Elefant Films, where she produced several films. Zenide made her feature film debut with the Swiss-Romanian drama Ryna (2005), which was shot in the Danube Delta in Romania. Produced by her childhood friend Cãtãlin Mitulescu, co-written by talented Czech screenwriter Marek Epstein and photographed by acclaimed DP Marius Panduru, the film received 25 international prizes at festivals around the world. It was distributed in theatres in the USA, Switzerland, Germany and Romania and was highly requested by television buyers. Zenide's second feature film The Miracle of Tekir (2015) was shot again near the Black Sea in Romania and had an equally impressive team with Hélène Louvart as cinematographer, Nelly Quettier as editor and actors Elina Löwensohn and Bogdan Dumitrache in the main roles. Ruxandra Zenide has just received the «Emerging Swiss Talent Award» at the Zurich Film Festival 2015 and her ambitious art house drama will be released in Romania and Switzerland next.