Anca Miruna Lăzărescu
{{short description|German-Romanian film director (born 1979)}}
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Anca Miruna Lăzărescu (born 1979 in Timișoara) is a German-Romanian film director. For her film work, she has received a nomination for the European Film Award.{{cite web |title=European Film Awards -- Silent River |url=https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/film/silent-river.5324 |website=European Film Academy |accessdate=20 September 2020}} She directed the international drama series Hackerville (2018) for HBO and TNT Serie{{cite web |title=HBO Europe is filming cyber-crime thriller series "Hackerville" in Romania |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/hbo-europe-tnt-serie-cyber-crime-drama-hackerville-1202700111/ |website=Variety |date=16 February 2018 |accessdate=20 September 2020}} as well as the German Netflix series We Are the Wave (2019){{Cite web|title=Anca Miruna Lazarescu • Director of We Are the Wave|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/387649/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Cineuropa|language=en}} and the third season of the Amazon Prime series Hanna.{{cn|date=April 2024}}
Life and career
Anca Miruna Lăzărescu studied film directing at the University of Television and Film Munich. During her studies, she directed fictional short films, documentaries and commercials. Meanwhile, she also participated in international script workshops.{{cite news|title=Diese Regisseurin könnte die Hoffnung des deutschen Kinos sein|periodical=Welt Online|publisher=Axel Springer SE|url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/bayern/article182348850/Hofer-Filmtage-Diese-Regisseurin-koennte-die-Hoffnung-des-deutschen-Kinos-sein.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Hermann Weiß|date=2018-10-22|language=de|pages=|quote=}}
For her documentary film The Secret of Deva (2007), she received the prize for best German film at the Sehsuechte International Student Film Festival in Potsdam.{{cite web|title=Sehsucht nach "Diorama"|periodical=Mediabiz|publisher=mediabiz GmbH|url=http://www.mediabiz.de/film/news/sehsucht-nach-diorama/231808|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2007-04-30|language=de|pages=|quote=}}
In 2011, she graduated from the Munich film school. Her graduation film Silent River celebrated its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011 and was nominated as best short film for the European Film Award in 2011.{{Cite web|title=Silent River|url=http://https/%3A%2F%2Fcb4.europeanfilmawards.eu%2Fen_us%2Ffilm%2Fapele-tac.5324|access-date=2020-09-29|website=https|language=en}} The movie screened at over 300 festivals worldwide and won 82 international awards.{{cite web|title=Die Jury 2019 - Filmschoolfest Munich|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.filmschoolfest-munich.de/de/festival/news-iffh/2019/11/jury-2019/|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |title=Anca Miruna Lazarescu -- director |url=https://www.cineuropa.org/en/interview/322169/ |website=Cineuropa |accessdate=20 September 2020}}
Lăzărescus feature-length debut film That Trip We Took With Dad, a historical road movie set in 1968, had its international premiere at the Moscow International Film Festival and its German premiere at the Munich Film Festival in 2016.{{Cite web|title=Films page 1|url=http://films2c.com/that-trip-we-took-with-dad.html|access-date=2020-09-21|website=Films2C|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Die Jury 2019 - Filmschoolfest Munich|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.filmschoolfest-munich.de/de/festival/news-iffh/2019/11/jury-2019/|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} At the latter, the film received the special prize of the section German Cinema New Talent Award.{{Cite web|title=German Cinema New Talent Award - Filmfest München|url=https://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/en/festival/preise-preistraeger/foerderpreis-neues-deutsches-kino-1|access-date=2020-09-21|website=www.filmfest-muenchen.de}} It won the Bavarian Film Award as the best newcomer production of 2017.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Lăzărescu was nominated as best up-and-coming director for the German Film Director Award Metropolis.{{cite web|title=Metropolis - Deutscher Regiepreis 2017|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.deutscher-regiepreis.de/archiv/2017/|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2018-10-31|language=de|pages=|quote=}}
Lăzărescu's next feature film, Happiness Sucks, opened the Hof International Film Festival in 2018 and was nominated at the German Film Awards in 2019.{{cite web|title=Pyrmonter Regisseurin dreht für Netflix|periodical=Dewezet.de|publisher=Deister- und Weserzeitung|url=https://www.dewezet.de/region/bad-pyrmont_artikel,-pyrmonter-regisseurin-dreht-fuer-netflix-_arid,2504782.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Hans-Ulrich Kilian|date=2018-11-19|language=de|pages=|quote=}}{{cite web|title=2019 • Deutscher Filmpreis|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/preisverleihung/2019/|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=de-DE|pages=|quote=}} On the occasion of the movie's premiere in Hof, German newspaper Die Welt described Lăzărescu as the "great hope of German cinema".{{citation|surname1=Hermann Weiß|periodical=Die Welt|title=Hofer Filmtage: Diese Regisseurin könnte die Hoffnung des deutschen Kinos sein|date=2018-10-22|language=German|url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/bayern/article182348850/Hofer-Filmtage-Diese-Regisseurin-koennte-die-Hoffnung-des-deutschen-Kinos-sein.html|access-date=2020-09-06
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In 2018, Lăzărescu directed the mini-series Hackerville for HBO and TNT, which was awarded the Grimme Award in 2019.{{cite web|title="Was tut sich?" mit Anca Miruna Lăzărescu|periodical=Epd Film Online|publisher=Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP), gemeinnützige GmbH|url=https://www.epd-film.de/tipps/2018/was-tut-sich-mit-anca-miruna-lazarescu|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2018-12-19|language=de|pages=|quote=}}{{cite web|title=Hackerville (UFA Fiction/mobra films für HBO Europe/TNT Serie)|periodical=Grimme-Preis Online|publisher=Grimme-Institut|url=https://www.grimme-preis.de/55-grimme-preis-2019/preistraeger/p/d/hackerville-ufa-fictionmobra-films-fuer-hbo-europetnt-serie-1/|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=de|pages=|quote=}}
In 2019, Lăzărescu was the lead director for the controversial series We Are the Wave.{{cn|date=April 2024}} The Netflix original show, produced by Christian Becker and Dennis Gansel, had its premiere in November 2019, streaming in 190 countries.{{cite web |title=We Are The Wave |url=https://readysteadycut.com/2019/11/01/review-we-are-the-wave-season-1-netlfix-series/ |website=Ready Steady Cut|date=November 2019 }}{{Cite web|title=The jury 2019 - Filmschoolfest Munich|url=https://www.filmschoolfest-munich.de/en/festival/news-iffh/2019/11/jury-2019/|access-date=2020-09-21|website=www.filmschoolfest-munich.de}} Again, Lăzărescu was nominated for the Grimme Award.{{Cite web|title=Nominierungen - Grimme-Preis|url=https://www.grimme-preis.de/archiv/2020/nominierungen/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.grimme-preis.de}} The New York Times included We Are the Wave in its monthly "Best Movies and TV Shows New on Netflix" list.{{cite news |last1=Tobias |first1=Scott |title=The Best Movies and TV Shows New on Netflix Canada in November |website=New York Times |date=November 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/world/canada/Watch-Netflix-November.html|accessdate=20 September 2020}}
In 2019, Lăzărescu became jury president of the International Festival of Film Schools Munich, the young talents' edition of the Munich Film Festival.{{Cite web|title=Anca Miruna Lazarescu • Director of We Are the Wave|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/387649/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Cineuropa|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=2019: Anca Miruna Lăzărescu & Mihnea Rareș Hanțiu - Filmschoolfest Munich|url=https://www.filmschoolfest-munich.de/en/festival/profil-1/masterclass/masterclass/2019-anca-miruna-l%C4%83z%C4%83rescu/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.filmschoolfest-munich.de}} She also teaches as a lecturer at the University of Television and Film Munich.{{cite web |title=THE JURY 2019 |url=https://www.filmschoolfest-munich.de/en/festival/news-iffh/2019/11/jury-2019/ |website=Filmschoolfest Munich |accessdate=20 September 2020}}
At the beginning of 2020, Lăzărescu was named one of the "eight emerging German filmmakers to watch in 2020" by Screen International.{{cite web|title=Eight emerging German filmmakers to watch in 2020|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/eight-emerging-german-filmmakers-to-watch-in-2020/5147208.article|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Liza Foreman 2020-02-24T13:44:00+00:00|date=|year=|language=en|pages=|quote=}} The same year, Der Spiegel wrote that since We Are The Wave, Lăzărescu has been considered "a candidate for great international material."{{cite news|title="Dark", "Oktoberfest 1900": Der erstaunliche Erfolg deutscher Serien - DER SPIEGEL - Kultur|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/dark-oktoberfest-1900-der-erstaunliche-erfolg-deutscher-serien-a-00000000-0002-0001-0000-000172863270|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Oliver Kaever, Christian Buß, DER SPIEGEL|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=4 September 2020|language=de|pages=|quote=}}
In 2021, her new TV movie starring Joachim Król and Martina Gedeck was announced to premiere at the Munich Film Festival.{{Cite web|title=Wiser at Last (Endlich Witwer - Forever Young)|url=https://www.bavaria-fiction.de/en/productions/tv-movies/endlich-witwer-forever-young|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Bavaria Fiction GmbH|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=WISER AT LAST|url=https://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/en/program/films/film/?id=6686&f=112|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.filmfest-muenchen.de}}
The same year Lăzărescu directed the third-season finale of the Amazon Prime action drama series Hanna.{{cn|date=April 2024}}
She contributed in directing all six episodes of the Swiss-German series Davos 1917, which will be released Christmas 2023. {{Cite web |last=Bałaga |first=Marta |date=2023-10-18 |title='Sisi' Star Dominique Devenport and Jeanette Hain Embrace Complicated Relationships and Constant Sense of Threat in 'Davos 1917': 'It's Like 'The Shining" |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/dominique-devenport-jeanette-hain-davos-1917-1235760771/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-13 |title=Series review: Davos 1917 |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/451166/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Cineuropa |language=en}}
Lazarescu lead-directed the first Romanian Netflix original Subteran in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=F. N. E. |title=PRODUCTION: First Romanian Original Netflix Series Subteran Starts Shooting - FilmNewEurope.com |url=https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/romania-news/item/125285-production-first-romanian-original-netflix-series-subteran-starts-shooting |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=www.filmneweurope.com |language=en-gb}} The production re-united her with the well-known Romanian actress Ana Ularu, the lead actress of Lazarescu´s short film debut Bucuresti-Berlin (2005).{{Cite web |date=2023-10-24 |title=Netflix begins production of Romanian series "Subteran" |url=https://www.romania-insider.com/netflix-begins-production-romanian-series-subteran-2023 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Romania Insider |language=en}}
Lăzărescu is a member of the German, Romanian and European Film Academy.{{Cite web|title=Mitglied anzeigen|url=https://www.deutsche-filmakademie.de/mitglieder/2102/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Deutsche Filmakademie|language=de-DE}}
Filmography
class="wikitable"
|+Directed Features !Year !Title |
2004
|D!ve (Documentary film) |
2005
|Bucuresti-Berlin (short) |
2005
|Fremde Kinder (TV-Documentary film) |
2007
|The Secret of Deva (Documentary film) |
2009
|Breathless: Dominance of the Moment |
2009
|One Day Today Will Be Once (Documentary film short) |
2011
|Silent River (short) |
2016
|That Trip We Took With Dad |
2018
|Glück ist was für Weicheier |
2018
|Hackerville (TV-Series) |
2019
|We Are the Wave (Netflix Series) |
2021
|Endlich Witwer – Forever Young |
2021
|Hanna (Amazon-Prime Series) |
2022
|Herzogpark (Episode 6) |
2023
|Davos 1917 (TV-Series) |
2023
|Subteran (Netflix Series) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0036349}}
- [https://www.goethe.de/en/uun/prs/auf/na2/mbu/21129538.html Interview] with Lăzărescu at the Goethe Institute
- [https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/387649/ Interview] with Lăzărescu at Cineuropa
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