Dan Pița
{{short description|Romanian film director and screenwriter (born 1938)}}
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|birth_place=Dorohoi, Botoșani County, Romania
|occupation=Director & Screenwriter
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Dan Pița ({{IPA|ro|dan ˈpit͡sa}}; born 11 October 1938 in Dorohoi, Botoșani County, Romania) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.
Career
Pița has directed several award-winning films since 1970, including the 1985 hit Pas în doi, which won an Honourable Mention at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1986/03_preistr_ger_1986/03_Preistraeger_1986.html |title=Berlinale: 1986 Prize Winners |accessdate=2011-01-16 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=2016-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322210210/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1986/03_preistr_ger_1986/03_Preistraeger_1986.html |url-status=dead }} In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1987/04_jury_1987/04_Jury_1987.html |title=Berlinale: Juries |accessdate=2011-02-27 |work=berlinale.de}} In 1992, Pița also won the Silver Lion (Leone d'Argento) at the 49th Venice Film Festival for Hotel de Lux.
Filmography
- Kira Kiralina (2013)
- Ceva bun de la viață (2011) Something Good Out of Life
- Femeia visurilor (2005)
- Second Hand (2005)
- Omul zilei (1997) The Man of the Day
- Eu sunt Adam (1996)
- Pepe & Fifi (1994)
- Hotel de lux (1992) Luxury Hotel
- Autor anonim, model necunoscut (1989) Anonymous Author, Unknown Model
- Noiembrie, ultimul bal (1989) The Last Ball in November
- Rochia albă de dantelă (1988) The White Lace Dress (USA)
- Pas în doi (1985) Paso Doble
- Dreptate în lanțuri (1983) Chained Justice (USA)
- Faleze de nisip (1983) Sand Cliffs adaptation of the novel Sand Days/Zile de Nisip by Bujor Nedelcovici
- Concurs (1982) The Contest
- Prea tineri pentru riduri (1982) Too Young for Wrinkles
- Pruncul, petrolul și ardelenii (1981) The Oil, the Baby and the Transylvanians
- Bietul Ioanide (1979) Memories from an Old Chest of Drawers
- Mai presus de orice (1978) This Above All
- Profetul, aurul și ardelenii (1978) The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians
- Tănase Scatiu (1976) A Summer Tale
- Filip cel Bun (1975) Filip the Kind
- Duhul aurului (1974) Gold Fever, Lust for Gold
- August în flăcări (1973) (TV) August in Flames
- Nunta de piatră (1972) (segment "At a Wedding") The Stone Wedding
- Apa ca un bivol negru (1970) Black Buffalo Water
- Viața în roz (1969) La vie en rose
- Dupaamiază obișnuită (1968) An Ordinary Afternoon
- Paradisul (1967) Paradise
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0685625}}
- http://www.kinokultura.com/specials/6/caliman.shtml
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Category:Romanian film directors
Category:Romanian screenwriters
Category:Romanian male screenwriters
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