Liviu Tipuriță
Liviu Tipuriţă is a Transylvanian-born British film director and producer. He has been nominated for an award by BAFTA.
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Liviu Tipuriță
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- Name
- Liviu Tipurita
- Birthplace
- Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania
- Occupation
- Film director and producer
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Key facts
• Name — Liviu Tipurita • Birthplace — Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania • Occupation — Film director and producer
Early life
Early life
Tipuriţă was born and grew up in Sibiu, Romania. He later moved to the UK to study filmmaking in Newcastle and Edinburgh.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• The New Gypsy Kings (2016) • Numbers Joe (2015) • Inside The Actors' Temple (2011) • Britain's Child Beggars (2011) • Gypsy Child Thieves (2009) • Rogue Restaurants (TV series, 2008) • Shoplifters Caught On Camera (2007) • Conning The Conmen (TV series, 2007) • Gypsy Witch (2006) • Behind Closed Doors (2005) • The Terror Suspect's Dad (2005) • Easy Prey (2004) • The Child Sex Trade (2003) • Weekend (1998) • Reflections (1993)
Awards
In 2003, he won a George Polk Award for Television Reporting. He has won a National Headliners Award for Investigative Reporting, Erick and Amy Burger Award for Best International Reporting in the Broadcast Media Dealing with Human Rights (2003), Cine Golden Eagle Award/Investigative Category (2004), Foreign Press (FPA) Award for Best Documentary/TV Feature Story Of The Year (2009), Royal Television Society (RTS) Television Journalism Award/Current Affairs International Category, Prix Europa Special Commendation. (2010) Foreign Press (FPA) Award for Arts & Culture Story of the Year 2016, Special Award Astra Film Festival 2016 Impact Docs Award of Merit Special Mention 2017
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- 1.MIFF Film Festival Awards 2014 - Milano. miff.it.
- 2.Bagnall, Sam. Special Reports | How Gypsy gangs use child thieves. BBC News. 2 September 2009.
- 3.A Gypsy documentary that alternated between the eye-opening and the hair-raising. Spectator.co.uk.
- 4.Liviu Tipuriță: "Prin documentar, ai şansa să fii într-o poziţie privilegiată, de observator". 4 October 2015.
- 5.BBC. Press Office - BBC's This World wins prestigious FPA award. 29 October 2014.
- 6.RTS Journalism Awards 2009 | Royal Television Society. Rts.org.uk. 24 February 2010.
- 7.Prix Europa : Location: (changing) : Awards for 2010. IMDb.com.
- 8.Fpalondon.net. Foreign Press Association London.
- 9.Astrafilm.ro. The Winners of Astra Film Festival 2016.
- 10.Impactdocsawards.com. Awards of Merit January 2017. 1 February 2017.
- 11.Awards.bafta.org. BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards.
- 12.HotNews.ro. VIDEO INTERVIU Liviu Tipurita, regizor si producator BBC, creatorul documentarului The New Gypsy Kings: Imi amintesc cum imi spunea: "Ne omoara manelele, Liviule! Moare muzica lautareasca". - Film.
- 13.Al Jazeera English. Gypsy Witch.
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