Alexander Nanau

Alexander Nanau

cinematographer, producer, director

Alexander Nanau was born on May 18, 1979 in Romania. Alexander Nanau's big-screen debut came with The World According to Ion B. directed by Alexander Nanau in 2009. Alexander Nanau is known for Collective directed by Alexander Nanau, Dan Alexandru Condrea stars as Self - Hexi Pharma owner and Liviu Iolu as Self - Government Spoksperson. Alexander Nanau has got 42 awards and 35 nominations so far. The most recent award Alexander Nanau achieved is Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US. The upcoming new movie Alexander Nanau plays is Collective which will be released on Nov 20, 2020.

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 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 won an 'International Emmy Award' for Arts Programming in 2010. His third feature documentary Toto et ses soeurs (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.

  • Birthday

    May 18, 1979
  • Place of Birth

    Bucharest, Romania

Known For

Awards

42 wins & 35 nominations

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2021
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Winner - Cinema Eye Honors Award
2021
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Winner - Cinema Eye Honors Award
2021
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Winner - Cinema Eye Honors Award
2021
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Winner - Cinema Eye Honors Award
East-West: Golden Arch International Film Awards
2021
Best Documentary
Winner - East-West: Golden Arch
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