Lucian Pintilie

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor

November 9, 1933 — May 16, 2018 (84 years)
Lucian Pintilie (Romanian pronunciation: [lutʃiˈan pintiˈli.e]; 9 November 1933 – 16 May 2018) was a Romanian theatre, film, and opera director, as well as screenwriter. His career in theatre, opera, film and television has gained him international recognition.

Pintilie was born in 1933 in Tarutino, at the time in Cetatea Albă County, Kingdom of Romania. After attending the Cantemir Vodă and Ion Luca Caragiale high schools in Bucharest, he graduated from the Institute of Theater and Cinematographic Art in Bucharest.

Known For

  • The Oak
    The Oak1992
  • Next Stop Paradise
    Next Stop Paradise1998
  • Reconstruction
    Reconstruction1968
  • An Unforgettable Summer
    An Unforgettable Summer1994
  • Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?
    Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica?1981
  • Niki and Flo
    Niki and Flo2003
  • The Afternoon of a Torturer
    The Afternoon of a Torturer2002
  • Too Late
    Too Late1996
  • Manor House
    Manor House2020
  • Somewhere in Palilula
    Somewhere in Palilula2012
  • Lumière & Company
    Lumière & Company1995
  • State of Things
    State of Things1995
  • The Waves of the Danube
    The Waves of the Danube1960

Filmography

2020
Manor House · as Co-Producer
2016
Sieranevada · as Co-Producer
2012
Somewhere in Palilula · as Co-Producer
1992
1991

1995
Metropolis · as Self
1982
Sequences · as Self

1995
State of Things · as Idea