Mona Nicoară Explained
Mona Nicoară |
Birth Date: | 21 May |
Birth Place: | Ineu, Romania |
Occupation: | Director and Producer |
Years Active: | 2011–present |
Mona Nicoară is a Romanian film director and producer.[1] [2] [3] She is best known for her work on the documentary films Our School and The Distance Between Me and Me.[4] [5]
Life and career
Mona was born in Ineu, Romania and is currently based in New York City. She graduated from the University of Bucharest and Columbia University in New York.[6] [7] In 2001, she started her career as an associate producer for Children Underground. Her directorial debut documentary film Our School premiered in the United States at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize for the Best US Feature at SilverDocs.[8] [9] Her second documentary film The Distance Between Me and Me is about Romanian poet Nina Cassian.[10] She has taught writing and literature at Columbia University and the Cooper Union and film at NYU Tisch and Rutgers University.[11] [12]
Filmography
Year | Film | Director | Producer | Notes |
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2011 | Our School | | | Documentary |
2018 | The Distance Between Me and Me | | | Documentary |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Five Questions with Our School Director/Producer Mona Nicoara. filmmakermagazine.com. 18 January 2013. 2019-02-03.
- Web site: "Our School" Directors Mona Nicoara and Miruna Coca-Cozma. indiewire.com. 12 April 2011. 2019-02-03.
- Web site: A Conversation with Filmmaker Mona Nicoara. opensocietyfoundations.org. 2019-02-03.
- Web site: Class in Session: Mona Nicoara's Our School Makes Tribeca Cut. ioncinema.com. 17 March 2011 . 2019-02-03.
- Web site: The Distance Between Me and Me. bam.org. 2019-02-03.
- Web site: Mona Nicoară. tiff.ro. 2019-02-03.
- Web site: Mona Nicoară, despre fARAD: "Eu una, prefer să contribui cu un festival". arq.ro. 2019-02-10.
- Web site: Our School. tribecafilm.com. 2019-02-03.
- Web site: "Our School" and "Family Instinct" Lead Silverdocs Award Winners. indiewire.com. 25 June 2011 . 2019-02-03.
- Web site: Production: Romanian/U.S. Documentary on Poet Nina Cassian in Postproduction . filmneweurope.com. 2019-02-03.
- Web site: Mona Nicoară. aarc.ro. 2019-02-03.
- News: Filmul despre Nina Cassian, în premieră la Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest. Cotidianul. 23 October 2018 . 2019-02-03.