- Paul Barbă Neagră
Paul Barbă Neagră or Barbăneagră (born
February 11 ,1929 inIsaccea ) is aRomania nfilm director and essayist who, starting in 1957, has directed short and medium-length documentaries on topics related to culture and the arts. Since 1964, has chosen to live inFrance , where he has also worked in the media (forFrance 2 ,France 3 , andRadio Free Europe ).Biography
He has studied medicine and cinematography in
Bucharest , graduating from theI. L. Caragiale Institute for Theater and Film Arts . Between 1957 and 1964, he worked for the film studios ofCommunist Romania , and, during a visit toTours (where he was attending the local film festival), soughtpolitical asylum .He has been awarded a first prize for the scenario of his film "Versailles Palais-Temple du Roi Soleil" ("
Palace of Versailles , Temple of the Sun King") at the "Festival International du Film d’Art" (International Festival for Art Films). The film was the first in his series "Architecture et Géographie sacrée" ("Sacred Architecture and Geography"). To the same series belongs the documentary "Mircea Eliade et la Redécouverte du Sacré" ("Mircea Eliade and the Rediscovery of the Sacred").External links
*fr icon [http://www.ambafrance-ma.org/archives/espacult/fesfesti/fesfilm.htm FES festival - film agenda]
*ro icon [http://www.portaldiaspora.ro/index.php?lg=ro&pID=9&ix=d&v=Teatru&rowstart=15&mid=28#art Short bio]
*ro icon [http://www.polirom.ro/autori.cgi?action=autori&class=details&id=528 Paul Barbăneagră at Poliron.ro]
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