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My Take
Adina Pintilie is exactly the kind of artist I find myself rooting for. Winning the Golden Bear in 2018 is no small thing, but what holds my attention is her refusal to stay inside cinema's comfortable borders. A director, screenwriter, and painter who builds decade-long inquiries into intimacy and the politics of the body, stretching her work across film, performance, and virtual reality, she treats art as a question rather than a product. That intellectual nerve is rare. I respect makers who risk discomfort to interrogate something honest, and I genuinely want to see what unsettling, tender thing she asks of audiences next.
Overview
Adina Pintilie (born 12 January 1980, with the birth name Adina-Elena Pintilie) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. She is known for her raw material work. Her decade-long creative multi-platform study on intimacy, current body politics, and the aesthetics of extended moving image creation encompasses performance, cinema, and virtual reality, and is supported by long-term partnerships and cross-disciplinary…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Adina Pintilie
- Name (Japanese)
- アディナ・ピンティリエ
- Reading
- あでぃな・ぴんてぃりえ
- Born
- January 12, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Monkey
- Origin
- Bucharest, Principality of Wallachia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / painter / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2018 Golden Bear
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.