Liviu Tipurita Explained

Liviu Tipurita
Birth Place:Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania
Occupation:Film director and producer

Liviu Tipuriţă is a Transylvanian-born British film director and producer. He has been nominated for an award by BAFTA.[1] [2] [3]

Early life

Tipuriţă was born and grew up in Sibiu, Romania.[4] He later moved to the UK to study filmmaking in Newcastle and Edinburgh.[4]

Awards

In 2003, he won a George Polk Award for Television Reporting. He has won a National Headliners Award for Investigative Reporting, Erick and Amy Burger Award for Best International Reporting in the Broadcast Media Dealing with Human Rights (2003), Cine Golden Eagle Award/Investigative Category (2004), Foreign Press (FPA) Award for Best Documentary/TV Feature Story Of The Year (2009),[5] Royal Television Society (RTS) Television Journalism Award/Current Affairs International Category,[6] Prix Europa Special Commendation. (2010)[7] Foreign Press (FPA) Award for Arts & Culture Story of the Year 2016,[8] Special Award Astra Film Festival 2016 [9] Impact Docs Award of Merit Special Mention 2017 [10]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MIFF Film Festival Awards 2014 - Milano. miff.it. 31 July 2017.
  2. News: Bagnall . Sam . Special Reports | How Gypsy gangs use child thieves . BBC News . 2 September 2009 . 17 June 2016.
  3. Web site: A Gypsy documentary that alternated between the eye-opening and the hair-raising . Spectator.co.uk . 17 June 2016.
  4. Web site: Liviu Tipuriță: "Prin documentar, ai şansa să fii într-o poziţie privilegiată, de observator". 4 October 2015. 26 June 2018.
  5. Web site: Press Office - BBC's This World wins prestigious FPA award . BBC . 29 October 2014 . 10 September 2016.
  6. Web site: RTS Journalism Awards 2009 | Royal Television Society . Rts.org.uk . 24 February 2010 . 10 September 2016.
  7. Web site: Prix Europa : Location: (changing) : Awards for 2010. IMDb.com. 10 September 2016.
  8. Web site: Foreign Press Association London . Fpalondon.net . 19 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170206103809/http://www.fpalondon.net/media-awards . 6 February 2017 . dead .
  9. Web site: The Winners of Astra Film Festival 2016 . Astrafilm.ro . 19 April 2017.
  10. Web site: Awards of Merit January 2017 . Impactdocsawards.com . 1 February 2017 . 19 April 2017.
  11. Web site: BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards . Awards.bafta.org . 19 April 2017.
  12. Web site: VIDEO INTERVIU Liviu Tipurita, regizor si producator BBC, creatorul documentarului The New Gypsy Kings: Imi amintesc cum imi spunea: "Ne omoara manelele, Liviule! Moare muzica lautareasca". - Film . HotNews.ro . 19 April 2017.
  13. Web site: Gypsy Witch . Al Jazeera English . 19 April 2017.