Radu Mihăileanu
Radu Mihăileanu | |
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 Mihăileanu at Cannes Film Festival in 2018 | |
| Born | 23 April 1958 Bucharest, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian, French |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Radu Mihăileanu (born 23 April 1958) is a Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer. His film The Source premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
In 2009, he signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.[2]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "Le cinéma soutient Roman Polanski / Petition for Roman Polanski". Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (in French). 28 September 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012.
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