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Ilinca Calugareanu

Ilinca Calugareanu

Known for

Directing

Born

August 19, 1981 (age 45)

Birthplace

Cluj-Napoca, Socialist Republic of Romania [now Romania]

Biography

Ilinca Calugareanu a London-based Romanian filmmaker, studied documentary filmmaking at Manchester’s Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. Her short films have been screened in festivals around the world. Calugareanu’s credits include The Writing on the Wall (2006, Romania) and Endgames (2008, UK). She has also worked as an editor on fiction and documentary shorts and features for the past five years. She has a background in anthropology with a focus on communist and post-communist Romania, which gives her a unique perspective on the story of the VHS phenomenon.

Best known work

Chuck Norris vs Communism

Chuck Norris vs Communism

2015
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo

The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo

2022
Erica - Man Made

Erica - Man Made

2017
A Cautionary Tale

A Cautionary Tale

2023
Counterpart

Counterpart

2014
A Cops and Robbers Story

A Cops and Robbers Story

2020
Celluloid Dreams

Celluloid Dreams

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Celluloid Dreams

    Director

  2. 2023

    A Cautionary Tale

    Director, Screenplay

  3. 2022

  4. 2020

    A Cops and Robbers Story

    Director, Editor

  5. 2017

  6. 2015

    Chuck Norris vs Communism

    Director, Writer, Co-Editor

  7. 2014

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