Alexander Nanau

Alexander Nanau was born in Bucharest Romania in 1979 His family belongs to the Transylvanian Saxons a cultural minority of German descent who lived since generations in Romania 1990 they emigrated to Germany and became German citizens Nanau studied Film Direction at the renowned DFFB in Berlin His first feature documentary Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt 2006 was released 2006 in Germany and Austria In 2007 he was a scholarship holder of the Academy of Arts in Berlin In 20082009 he coproduced with HBO Romania directed and shot the documentary Lumea vãzutã de Ion B 2009 about a 62 years homeless man who starts a career in the international art world with collages he made over the last 30 years The documentary was selected for over 40 international film festivals and won the prestigious International Emmy Award for Arts Programming in 2010 His third feature documentary Toto si surorile lui 2014 produced together with HBO Europe premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival in the New Directors section The film won major awards at the international film festivals in Angers Zurich Warsaw Jihlava Leipzig and Sarajevo It was nominated as Best Documentary at the European Film Awards 2015 and won the international Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Award 2016