Director

Călin Peter Netzer

Directing

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 1137536

IMDb ID: nm0626754

Known for: Directing

Born: May 1, 1975

Age: 50

Place of birth: Petroşani, Hunedoara, Romania

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2003 - 2023

Years active: 21

Average TMDB rating: 6.61

Wikidata: Q4163465

Also known as

Cãlin Peter Netzer • 卡林·皮特·内策尔 • Calin Peter Netzer

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Director (5)Co-Producer (1)Producer (1)

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Biography

Călin Peter Netzer (born 1 May 1975) is a Romanian film director who won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. Born in Petroșani to a family of Romanian and German origins, Netzer emigrated with his family to West Germany in 1983. In 1994, he returned to Romania in order to study film direction at the Academy of Theatre and Film in Bucharest. His first feature film, Maria (2003), won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Locarno International Film Festival, among other prizes at this and other film festivals. Poziția copilului (Child's Pose, 2013), his third feature film, won him the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.[2][3] The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.

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