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Alexander Nanau

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Alexander Nanau
Alexander Nanau is a German/Romanian filmmaker born in Bucharest, Romania in 1979. He studied Film Direction at the DFFB Filmschool in Berlin. His first feature documentary Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt (2006) was released 2006 in Germany and Austria. In 2008/2009 he co-produced with HBO, directed and shot the documentary The World According to 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 won an 'International Emmy Award' for Arts Programming in 2010. His third feature documentary Toto and His Sisters (2014), produced together with HBO, 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 and was nominated as 'Best Documentary' at the European Film Awards 2015. The documentary "Collective" that he produced, directed, shot and edited became the first Romanian film to be nominated for an Academy Award, when it was nominated twice in 2021, in the Best International Feature Film and Best Documentary category.
BornMay 18, 1979
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Alexander Nanau at an event for Collective (2019)

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Collective (2019)
Collective
8.1
  • Cinematographer
  • 2019
Hovarth Ilie Nicusor Gabriel Petre, Andreea Violeta Petre, and Ana-Maria Badulescu Petre in Toto and His Sisters (2014)
Toto and His Sisters
7.9
  • Cinematographer
  • 2014
The World According to Ion B. (2009)
The World According to Ion B.
8.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 2009
Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt (2006)
Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt
7.8
  • Cinematographer
  • 2006

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Cinematographer

  • Collective (2019)
    Collective
  • Salim Shaheen in Nothingwood (2017)
    Nothingwood
  • Hovarth Ilie Nicusor Gabriel Petre, Andreea Violeta Petre, and Ana-Maria Badulescu Petre in Toto and His Sisters (2014)
    Toto and His Sisters
  • Sohvasurffaajat (2012)
    Sohvasurffaajat
  • The World According to Ion B. (2009)
    The World According to Ion B.
  • Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt (2006)
    Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt

Producer

  • Klarsfeld
  • Patrick and the Whale (2022)
    Patrick and the Whale
  • Collective (2019)
    Collective
  • Hovarth Ilie Nicusor Gabriel Petre, Andreea Violeta Petre, and Ana-Maria Badulescu Petre in Toto and His Sisters (2014)
    Toto and His Sisters
  • The World According to Ion B. (2009)
    The World According to Ion B.
  • Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt (2006)
    Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt

Director

  • Collective (2019)
    Collective
  • Hovarth Ilie Nicusor Gabriel Petre, Andreea Violeta Petre, and Ana-Maria Badulescu Petre in Toto and His Sisters (2014)
    Toto and His Sisters
  • The World According to Ion B. (2009)
    The World According to Ion B.
  • Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt (2006)
    Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt

Personal details

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    • May 18, 1979
    • Bucharest, Romania

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  • Trivia
    First Romanian-born Academy Award nominee (together with one of the four producers of the film Bianca Oana) since director Jean Negulesco, producer and actor John Houseman (won), screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond (won), producer Marin Karmitz and director Robert Dornhelm.
  • Quotes
    [on Collective (2019)] I really wanted to make a film about abuse of power...when I started filming, it was a local story. But when Brexit went through, I thought the world was starting to resemble what we were seeing in Romania. And I wanted to understand the human pressure that is on the shoulders of journalists in this climate of 'fake news.' [March 2021]

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