Elisabeta Bostan (born 1 March 1931) is a Romanian
film director
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and
screenwriter
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...
.
She directed 25 films between 1956 and 1991.
Biography
Born in
Buhuși
Buhuși (; hu, Buhus; yi, באהוש, Bohush) is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of 14,562 (2011). It was first mentioned in the 15th century when it was named "Bodești" and was a property of an important family of Boyars na ...
,
Bacău County
Bacău County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeș-Făget, in Transylvania.
Geography
This county has a total area of .
In the western part of the county the ...
, she attended the in
Piatra Neamț
Piatra Neamț (; german: Kreuzburg an der Bistrița (Siret), Bistritz; hu, Karácsonkő) is the capital city of Neamț County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in northeastern Romania. Because of its privileged location in the Easter ...
,
where she staged her first theater production at age 14.
She then went to
Bucharest
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, where she enrolled in the
Institute of Theatre and Film I.L. Caragiale, graduating in 1954. She made her debut in 1958 with two
short film
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s, "Trei jocuri românești" and "Cloșca cu puii de aur". Bostan taught at the Institute of Theatre and Film, where she served for a period as Dean.
She received prizes at festivals in
Moscow
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,
Tehran
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,
Cannes
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,
Venice
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,
Gijón
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, and
Tours
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.
In 2009 she received the
Gopo Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Filmography
*''
Culegere de dansuri românești'' (1956)
*''
Trei jocuri românești'' (1958)
*''
Dansul 'Cloșca cu puii de aur''' (1958)
*''
Cloșca cu pui'' (1958)
*''
Hora'' (1959)
*' (1962)
*''
Năică și peștișorul'' (1963)
*' (1964)
*''
Pupăza din tei'' (1965)
*' (1966)
*' (1967)
*' (1967)
*''
Tinerețe fără bătrânețe'' (1969)
*''
Veronica'' (1972)
*''
Veronica se întoarce'' (1973)
*''
Mama
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Roles
*Mother, a female parent
* Mama-san, in Japan and East Asia, a woman in a position of authority
*Mamas, a name for female associates of the Hells Angels
Places
*Mama, Russia, an urban-type settlement ...
'' (1976)
*' (1981)
*' (1982)
*' (1983) – TV series
*' (1985)
*' (1987)
*' (1988)
*' (1989)
*' (1990)
*' (1991)
See also
*
List of Romanian film and theatre directors
This is a list of Romanian film and theatre directors. It includes some foreign-born film and theatre directors who have worked or lived in Romania.
A
* Haig Acterian
* Dan Alexe
* Mitch Anderson
* Victor Antonescu
B
* Paul Barbăneagră
* ...
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List of Romanian films
A list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Romania ordered by year of release. For an A-Z list of articles on Romanian films see :Romanian films.
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
...
References
External links
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1931 births
Living people
Romanian film directors
Romanian women film directors
Romanian screenwriters
People from Buhuși
Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography alumni
Romanian women academics
Romanian university and college faculty deans
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