Gheorghe Vitanidis

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Gheorghe Vitanidis
Born(1929-10-01)1 October 1929
Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film
OccupationFilm director
Years active1958–1987
Employer(s)Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film

Gheorghe Vitanidis (1 October 1929 – 25 November 1994) was a Romanian film director.[1] He directed 19 films between 1958 and 1987. His 1969 film A Woman for a Season was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] His 1979 film The Moment was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.[3]

Born in

I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) in Bucharest. He made his debut in 1958 as assistant director for The Thistles of the Baragan, a Franco-Romanian film directed by Louis Daquin;[1] the film was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.[5] From 1961 to 1989, Vitanidis was a professor at the IATC, where he was head of the Film Directing Department. He died in 1994 in Athens, Greece.[6]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "Gheorghe Vitanidis". cinemagia.ro. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  2. ^ "6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  3. ^ "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  4. ^ https://evz.ro/gheorghe-vitanidis-grecul-nascut-arta-regizorala.html
  5. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Ciulinii Bărăganului (Les Chardons du Baragan)". www.festival-cannes.com (in French). Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Gheorhe Vitanidis, creatorul lui "Ciprian Porumbescu"". dosaresecrete.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  7. ^ "The Baragan Thistles (1957)".

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