George Piştereanu

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George Piștereanu at the Berlinale 2010

George Dan Piştereanu (born October 12, 1989 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian actor.

Life

George Piştereanu attended the Lyceum Dinu Lipatti in Bucharest, where he was part of the acting department. At that time he applied for a role in Florin Șerban's feature film debut Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier with Ada Condeescu . The drama, based on a play by Andreea Vălean, tells the story of the Romanian youth Silviu, who was sentenced to four years in prison for theft. A few days before his release, he learns of the return of his mother, who has found work in Italy and wants to return there with his younger brother. To prevent this, he plans his escape.

For the main role, Piștereanu was selected from 700 applicants within a seven-month casting process, with director Florin Șerban adding real former juvenile offenders to the cast. Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier premiered at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in 2010, where the film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred Bauer Prize . Amateur actor George Piştereanu, who had been considered a favorite for the actor's award by critics, also received praise. In the same year he was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actor for his first film role .

In 2009 Piştereanu began studying acting at the National University of Theater and Film Arts "IL Caragiale" (UNATC) in Bucharest. 2011 followed another lead role in Cătălin Mitulescu's feature film Loverboy , in which he was seen again at the side of Ada Condeescu. In it he was seen as a seducer of young and naive girls from Eastern Europe, whom he leads to a human trafficking network on the Black Sea .

Filmography

Awards

  • 2010: Actor Award of the Stockholm Film Festival for Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier
  • 2010: Nomination for the European Film Award for Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier ( Best Actor )
  • 2011: Actor Award of the Cinemanila International Film Festival for Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier
  • 2011: Romanian Gopos Prize for Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier (Best Young Actor)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Kilb, Andreas: The strategy of noodle soup at faz.net, February 15, 2010 (accessed November 7, 2010)
  2. ↑ cf. Roschy, Birgit ( AP ): A poor competition program . February 19, 2010, 2:25 PM GMT (accessed via LexisNexis Economy )
  3. ↑ cf. Krings, Dorothee: Of hairdressers and families . In: Rheinische Post , February 15, 2010 (accessed via LexisNexis Wirtschaft )
personal data
SURNAME Piştereanu, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Piștereanu, George Dan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucharest