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Alexander Nanau (b. 1979)

Alias:
Александр Нанау

Birthplace:
Bucarest, Romania

Born:
May 18, 1979

Biography from TheMovieDB

Alexander Nanau was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1979. His family belongs to the Transylvanian Saxons, a cultural minority of German descent who lived since generations in Romania. 1990 they emigrated to Germany and became German citizens. Nanau studied Film Direction at the renowned DFFB in Berlin. His first feature documentary Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt (2006) was released 2006 in Germany and Austria. In 2007 he was a scholarship holder of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 2008/2009 he co-produced with HBO Romania, directed and shot the documentary Lumea vãzutã de Ion B. (2009) about a 62 years homeless man who starts a career in the international art world with collages he made over the last 30 years. The documentary was selected for over 40 international film festivals and won the prestigious 'International Emmy Award' for Arts Programming in 2010. His third feature documentary Toto si surorile lui (2014), produced together with HBO Europe, premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival in the 'New Directors' section. The film won major awards at the international film festivals in Angers, Zurich, Warsaw, Jihlava, Leipzig and Sarajevo. It was nominated as 'Best Documentary' at the European Film Awards 2015 and won the international Cinema Eye Honors' Spotlight Award 2016.

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Creative Consultant:
2016  Cinema, Mon Amour

Director:
2006  Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt
2009  The World According to Ion B.
2014  Toto and his Sisters
2016  Cinema, Mon Amour
2019  Collective

Director of Photography:
2006  Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt
2009  The World According to Ion B.
2014  Toto and his Sisters
2016  Cinema, Mon Amour
2019  Collective

Editor:
2006  Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt
2009  The World According to Ion B.
2014  Toto and his Sisters
2016  Cinema, Mon Amour
2019  Collective

Executive Producer:
2006  Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt
2009  The World According to Ion B.
2014  Toto and his Sisters
2016  Cinema, Mon Amour
2019  Collective
2022  Klarsfeld

Producer:
2006  Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt
2009  The World According to Ion B.
2014  Toto and his Sisters
2016  Cinema, Mon Amour
2019  Collective
2022  Klarsfeld

Writer:
2006  Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt
2009  The World According to Ion B.
2014  Toto and his Sisters
2016  Cinema, Mon Amour
2019  Collective
2022  Klarsfeld

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