Adina Pintilie

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.

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

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / painter / director

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Golden Bear

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8

Tags

• film director
• screenwriter
• painter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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