{{short description|Romanian director, producer and actor (born 1971)}}'''Adrian Sitaru''' ({{IPA|ro|adriˈan siˈtaru}}) is a Romanian director, producer and actor, born in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adrian SITARU |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/adrian-sitaru/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=en-US}}</ref> He is the author of several short films, of which ''Valuri'' ("Waves", 2007), the most well-known, has received numerous prizes.
Sitaru also worked with Costa Gavras in the making of ''Amen''. (2002)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adrian Sitaru - Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych |url=https://festiwalgdynia.pl/en/biografia/adrian-sitaru-2/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
His first feature film, ''Pescuit sportiv'' for which, besides being the director, he also wrote the script,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adrian Sitaru |url=https://mubi.com/en/cast/adrian-sitaru |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=MUBI |language=en}}</ref> has been screened in film festivals from Toronto, Palm Springs, Estoril and in the main competition of the 2009 ''Premiers Plans'' Festival in Angers, France.
In 2010, his short film, ''Colivia'' ("The Cage") won the DAAD Short Film Award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Biography Adrian Sitaru {{!}} Euro Cinema {{!}} English - Eurochannel |url=http://www.eurochannel.com/en/Biography-Adrian-Sitaru.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Eurochannel: The European TV channel - European movies & TV series |language=en-gb}}</ref>
==Selected filmography==
* ''Hooked'' (2008)
* ''The Fixer'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adrian Sitaru |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/filmography/194632/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDB name|id=1138158|name=Adrian Sitaru}} * [http://www.premiersplans.org/festival/09/competition_films_en.php?c=LM&idf=REF1706 Presentation of "Hooked" at the 2009 ''Festival de Film d'Angers''] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090120103706/http://pescuitsportivthemovie.com/ Official site of "Hooked"]}} {{Locarno Film Festival Best Director Award}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sitaru, Adrian}} Category:1971 births Category:Romanian film directors Category:Living people Category:People from Deva, Romania