Mona Nicoara
Mona Nicoară is a Romanian film director and producer. She is best known for her work on the documentary films Our School and The Distance Between Me and Me.
Mona Nicoara
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- Name
- Mona Nicoară
- Born
- 21 May
- Birthplace
- Ineu, Romania
- Occupation
- Director and Producer
- Nationality
- Romania
- Education
- University of Bucharest
- Languages
- Romanian · English
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• Name — Mona Nicoară • Born — 21 May • Birthplace — Ineu, Romania • Occupation — Director and Producer • Years Active — 2011–present
Life and career
Life and career
Mona was born in Ineu, Arad County and is currently based in New York City. She graduated from the University of Bucharest and Columbia University in New York. In 2001, she started her career as an associate producer for Children Underground. Her directorial debut documentary film Our School premiered in the United States at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize for the Best US Feature at SilverDocs. Her second documentary film The Distance Between Me and Me is about Romanian poet Nina Cassian. She has taught writing and literature at Columbia University and the Cooper Union and film at New York University Tisch School of the Arts and Rutgers University.
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Filmography
• Year — Film — Director — Producer — Notes • 2011 — Our School — Documentary • 2018 — The Distance Between Me and Me — Documentary
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- 1.Five Questions with Our School Director/Producer Mona Nicoara. filmmakermagazine.com. 18 January 2013.
- 2."Our School" Directors Mona Nicoara and Miruna Coca-Cozma. indiewire.com. 12 April 2011.
- 3.A Conversation with Filmmaker Mona Nicoara. opensocietyfoundations.org.
- 4.American Gypsies needs to catch up with the reality of Roma people's lives This article is more than 12 years old Mona Nicoară. theguardian.com.
- 5.Class in Session: Mona Nicoara's Our School Makes Tribeca Cut. ioncinema.com. 17 March 2011.
- 6.The Distance Between Me and Me. bam.org.
- 7.Mona Nicoară. tiff.ro.
- 8.Mona Nicoară, despre fARAD: "Eu una, prefer să contribui cu un festival". arq.ro.
- 9.Our School. tribecafilm.com.
- 10."Our School" and "Family Instinct" Lead Silverdocs Award Winners. indiewire.com. 25 June 2011.
- 11.Production: Romanian/U.S. Documentary on Poet Nina Cassian in Postproduction. filmneweurope.com.
- 12.Mona Nicoară. aarc.ro.
- 13.Filmul despre Nina Cassian, în premieră la Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest. Cotidianul. 23 October 2018.
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