Ada Solomon (born 3 June 1968 in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

) is a Romanian

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

who is behind over 60 movies. After first working in marketing, she turned to media companies in 1993 and produced her first film ''

Asphalt Tango ''Asphalt Tango'' ( ro, Asfalt Tango) is a 1996 Romanian comedy film directed by Nae Caranfil. Cast * Charlotte Rampling - Marion * Mircea Diaconu - Andrei * Florin Călinescu Florin Călinescu (; born 29 April 1956, Timișoara, Timiș Count ...

'' in 1995. In 2004 she created HiFilm Productions where she has worked with directors including

Franco Zeffirelli Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019), was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician. He was one of the most significant opera and theatre directors of the post-World War II era, ...

. Solomon was the Romanian executive producer of the highly successful co-production ''

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'' (2016) directed by

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Early life

Born in Bucharest on 3 June 1968, Solomon graduated from the city's Ion Creangă High School. In 1991, she graduated in

environmental engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and a ...

from the Bucharest Construction Academy.

Career

Solomon first worked as a sales agent in the early 1990s and worked for media companies from 1993. In 1995, she became director of production for

Nae Caranfil Nae Caranfil (; also Nicolae Caranfil) (born 7 September 1960) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Career Born in Bucharest, Nae Caranfil is the son of important Romanian film historian and critic Tudor Caranfil. He graduated in 1984 f ...

's ''Asphalt Tango''. She went on to produce numerous Romanian films and collaborated with international partners in connection with projects such as Zeffirelli's ''

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'' (2002) or Didi Danquart's ''

Offset (film) ''Offset'' is a 2006 drama film directed and written by . It was filmed in Bucharest. Plot The plot focuses on the lives of the soon to be married Stefan, a German working in Romania for a wealthy and eccentric printing company owner, Nicu Iorga ...

'' (2006). In 2004, Solomon founded the Romanian company HiFilm Productions and in 2006, in memory of the recently deceased

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, a producer, and

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, a sound specialist, she created the NexT International Film Festival in Bucharest. In 2017, as a result of her role as executive Romanian producer of ''Toni Erdmann'', Solomon became the first Romanian producer to be associated with an Oscar-nominated film. Solomon has held a number of significant posts including deputy chair of the

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, executive president of the European Women's Audiovisual Network and the Romanian representative of EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs). In 2013, she was the winner of the Prix Eurimages for co.production at the

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