Adrian Sitaru

{{short description|Romanian director, producer and actor (born 1971)}}Adrian Sitaru ({{IPA|ro|adriˈan siˈtaru}}) is a Romanian director, producer and actor, born in 1971.{{Cite web |title=Adrian SITARU |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/adrian-sitaru/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=en-US}} He is the author of several short films, of which Valuri ("Waves", 2007), the most well-known, has received numerous prizes.

Sitaru also worked with Costa Gavras in the making of Amen. (2002){{Cite web |title=Adrian Sitaru - Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych |url=https://festiwalgdynia.pl/en/biografia/adrian-sitaru-2/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |language=en-GB}}

His first feature film, Pescuit sportiv for which, besides being the director, he also wrote the script,{{Cite web |title=Adrian Sitaru |url=https://mubi.com/en/cast/adrian-sitaru |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=MUBI |language=en}} has been screened in film festivals from Toronto, Palm Springs, Estoril and in the main competition of the 2009 Premiers Plans Festival in Angers, France.

In 2010, his short film, Colivia ("The Cage") won the DAAD Short Film Award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Biography Adrian Sitaru {{!}} Euro Cinema {{!}} English - Eurochannel |url=http://www.eurochannel.com/en/Biography-Adrian-Sitaru.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Eurochannel: The European TV channel - European movies & TV series |language=en-gb}}