Mona Nicoară

Mona Nicoară is a Romanian director and producer.[1][2][3] She is best known for her work on the documentary films Our School and The Distance Between Me and Me.[4][5]

Mona Nicoară
Born21 May
Ineu, Romania
OccupationDirector and Producer
Years active2011–present

Life and career

Mona was born in Ineu, Romania and is currently based in New York. She was graduated from the Bucharest University and Columbia University in New York.[6][7] 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.[8][9] Her second documentary film The Distance Between Me and Me is about Romanian poet Nina Cassian.[10] She has taught writing and literature at Columbia University and the Cooper Union and film at NYU Tisch and Rutgers University.[11][12]

Filmography
Year Film Director Producer Notes
2011 Our School Y Y Documentary
2018 The Distance Between Me and Me Y Y Documentary

References
  1. "Five Questions with Our School Director/Producer Mona Nicoara". filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  2. ""Our School" Directors Mona Nicoara and Miruna Coca-Cozma". indiewire.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  3. "A Conversation with Filmmaker Mona Nicoara". opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  4. "Class in Session: Mona Nicoara's Our School Makes Tribeca Cut". ioncinema.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  5. "The Distance Between Me and Me". bam.org. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  6. "MONA NICOARĂ". tiff.ro. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  7. "Mona Nicoară, despre fARAD: "Eu una, prefer să contribui cu un festival"". arq.ro. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  8. "Our School". tribecafilm.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  9. ""Our School" and "Family Instinct" Lead Silverdocs Award Winners". indiewire.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  10. "PRODUCTION: Romanian/U.S. Documentary on Poet Nina Cassian in Postproduction". filmneweurope.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  11. "Mona Nicoară". aarc.ro. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  12. "Filmul despre Nina Cassian, în premieră la Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest". cotidianul.ro. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
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