FILM DIRECTOR

Lucian Pintilie

1933 - 2018

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucian Pintilie has received more than 67,951 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucian Pintilie is the 923rd most popular film director (down from 813th in 2019), the 681st most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 555th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Ukrainian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lucian Pintilie ranks 923 out of 2,041. Before him are Chad Stahelski, Tay Garnett, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Philippe Rousselot, Christophe Gans, and Francesco Maselli. After him are Ludwig Berger, Kote Marjanishvili, Stephen Gyllenhaal, John Lee Hancock, Álex de la Iglesia, and Oldřich Lipský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Lucian Pintilie ranks 316. Before him are Jean Vuarnet, Helmut Senekowitsch, Ayako Wakao, Otar Chiladze, Arif Malikov, and Abdul Rahman Munif. After him are Yang Chuan-kwang, Lou Rawls, Yoshishige Yoshida, Ingrid Jonker, Sergio Pitol, and Chuck Grassley. Among people deceased in 2018, Lucian Pintilie ranks 273. Before him are Marty Balin, Barbara Harris, Ehsan Yarshater, Rosenda Monteros, Lawrence Roberts, and Nelson Pereira dos Santos. After him are Anne Treisman, David Douglas Duncan, Ringo Lam, Sergio Pitol, Yurik Vardanyan, and Hans Günter Winkler.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Lucian Pintilie ranks 681 out of 1,365. Before him are Oleksandr Murashko (1875), Vladimir Dudintsev (1918), Lydia Lipkowska (1882), Leonid Stadnyk (1969), Markus Reiner (1886), and Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929). After him are Vladimir Drinfeld (1954), Volodymyr Bezsonov (1958), Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813), Yan Gamarnik (1894), Moriz Rosenthal (1862), and Nikolay Gamaleya (1859).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ukraine

Among film directors born in Ukraine, Lucian Pintilie ranks 20. Before him are Aleksandr Ptushko (1900), Aleksei Kapler (1904), Roman Karmen (1906), Aleksander Ford (1908), Janusz Majewski (1931), and David Cherkassky (1931). After him are Mark Donskoy (1901), Pyotr Todorovsky (1925), Konstantin Lopushansky (1947), Roman Viktyuk (1936), Frederic Zelnik (1885), and Vadim Abdrashitov (1945).

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Filmography

Lumière & Company
Director
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Dec 20th 19956.3 / 10
The Oak
Director
A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become as her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing of everything.
Sep 16th 19926.6 / 10
Last Stop Paradise
Director
Mitu and Elena get to know each other in the course of a vodka drinking contest and discover that they are both dissatisfied with the status quo. Mitu is about to begin military service and Elena is to be married to a man she does not love. They decide they are meant for each other and plan on a different future, one that is on a collision course with the authorities, and start a mad affair.
Sep 1st 19987.2 / 10