{{Short description|Romanian film director and screenwriter}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Andrei Blaier | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|5|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|12|1|1933|5|16|df=yes}} | death_place = Bucharest, Romania | resting_place = Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest | othername = | occupation = Film director, screenwriter | yearsactive = | alma_mater = Institute of Theatre and Film I.L. Caragiale | known_for = | notable_works = ''The Ball'' (1958)<br/>''Through the Ashes of the Empire'' (1976) | awards = National Order of Faithful Service }} '''Andrei Blaier''' (15 May 1933 &ndash; 1 December 2011)<ref name="Cupa">{{cite web|url=https://romanialibera.ro/special/tragedie-in-cinematografie-andrei-blaier-a-murit-vezi-ce-spun-cineastii-despre-marele-regizor-246532/|title=Tragedie în cinematografie: Andrei Blaier a murit. Vezi ce spun cineaștii despre marele regizor|lang=ro|newspaper=România liberă|first=Valeria|last=Cupă|date=December 1, 2011|access-date=October 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediafax.ro/cultura-media/regizorul-andrei-blaier-a-murit-9021105|title=Regizorul Andrei Blaier a murit|lang=ro|work=Mediafax|date=December 1, 2011|access-date=October 2, 2022}}</ref> was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. His 1958 film ''The Ball'' was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="Moscow1959">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1959 |title=1st Moscow International Film Festival (1959) |accessdate=2012-10-28 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116210640/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1959 |archivedate=2013-01-16 }}</ref>

==Biography==

=== Early life and education === Born in Bucharest, he attended the Ion Luca Caragiale High School<ref name="Alumni">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnilcb.ro/?cat=15|title=Alumni|lang=ro|publisher=Ion Luca Caragiale National College Bucharest|website=www.cnilcb.ro|access-date=August 28, 2024}}</ref> and then graduated in 1956 from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts.<ref name="Cupa"/>

=== Award === In 2002, Blaier was awarded the National Order of Faithful Service, Knight rank.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legislatie.just.ro/public/DetaliiDocument/36336|title=Decret nr. 470 din 30 mai 2002|language=ro|publisher=Monitorul Oficial|issue=369|website=legislatie.just.ro| date=May 31, 2002|access-date=August 31, 2024}}</ref>

=== Death === He died in 2011 in Bucharest and was buried at the Bellu Catholic Cemetery.<ref name="ziare.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ziare.com/stiri/inmormantare/regizorii-andrei-blaier-si-alexandru-tocilescu-au-fost-inmormantati-1137586|title=Regizorii Andrei Blaier și Alexandru Tocilescu au fost înmormântați|language=ro|website=www.ziare.com|date=3 December 2011|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== === Director === * ''Ora "H"'' (1956) * ''Prima melodie'' (1958) * ''The Ball'' (''Mingea'', 1958) * ''Furtuna'' (1960) * ''A fost prietenul meu'' (1962) * ''Casa neterminată'' (1964) * ''{{ill|Diminețile unui băiat cuminte|ro}}'' (1967) * ''Apoi s-a născut legenda'' (1968) * ''Vilegiatura'' (1971) * ''Pădurea pierdută'' (1971) * ''{{ill|Cireșarii (TV series)|lt=Cireșarii|ro|Cireșarii (serial)}}'' (TV series, 1972) * ''{{ill|Ilustrate cu flori de câmp|ro}}'' (1975) * ''Through the Ashes of the Empire'' (''Prin cenușa imperiului'', 1976/1978) * ''Urgia'' (1977) * ''{{ill|Trepte spre cer|ro}}'' (1977) * ''{{ill|Totul pentru fotbal|ro}}'' (1978) * ''Lumini și umbre'' (1979–1982) * ''Întunericul alb'' (1982) * ''{{ill|Fapt divers|ro}}'' (1984) * ''{{ill|Rîdeți ca-n viață|ro}}'' (1985) * ''Bătălia din umbră'' (1986) * ''Vacanța cea mare'' (1988) * ''Dreptatea'' (1989) * ''Momentul adevărului'' (1989) * ''{{ill|Divorț... din dragoste|ro}}'' (1992) * ''{{ill|Crucea de piatră|ro|Crucea de piatră (film)}}'' (1993) * ''{{ill|Terente – regele bălților|ro}}'' (1995) * ''Dulcea saună a morții'' (2003)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|086095}} *{{Cite web|url=http://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/stiri-interne/regizorul-mihai-constantinescu-andrei-blaier-m-a-turnat-ani-de-zile-la-securitate-605591|title=Regizorul Mihai Constantinescu: "Andrei Blaier m-a turnat ani de zile la Securitate"|first=Petre|last=Dobrescu|date=26 June 2011|access-date=25 February 2021|newspaper=Libertatea|language=ro}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blaier, Andrei}} Category:1933 births Category:2011 deaths Category:Film people from Bucharest Category:Romanian film directors Category:Ion Luca Caragiale National College (Bucharest) alumni Category:Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni Category:Securitate informants Category:Recipients of the National Order of Faithful Service Category:Burials at Bellu Cemetery Category:Romanian screenwriters