Alexander Nanau

First Romanian-born Academy Award nominee (together with one of the four producers of the film Bianca Oana) since director Jean Negulesco, producer and actor John Houseman (won), screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond (won), producer Marin Karmitz and director Robert Dornhelm.

[on Collective (2019)] I really wanted to make a film about abuse of power...when I started filming, it was a local story. But when Brexit went through, I thought the world was starting to resemble what we were seeing in Romania. And I wanted to understand the human pressure that is on the shoulders of journalists in this climate of 'fake news.' [March 2021]