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Liviu Tipurita
Born
Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania
Occupation(s)Film director and producer

Liviu Tipuriţă is a Transylvanian-born British film director and producer. He has been nominated for an award by BAFTA.[1][2][3]

Early life

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Tipuriţă was born and grew up in Sibiu, Romania.[4] He later moved to the UK to study filmmaking in Newcastle and Edinburgh.[4]

Awards

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In 2003, he won a George Polk Award for Television Reporting. He has won a National Headliners Award for Investigative Reporting, Erick and Amy Burger Award for Best International Reporting in the Broadcast Media Dealing with Human Rights (2003), Cine Golden Eagle Award/Investigative Category (2004), Foreign Press (FPA) Award for Best Documentary/TV Feature Story Of The Year (2009),[5] Royal Television Society (RTS) Television Journalism Award/Current Affairs International Category,[6] Prix Europa Special Commendation. (2010)[7] Foreign Press (FPA) Award for Arts & Culture Story of the Year 2016,[8] Special Award Astra Film Festival 2016 [9] Impact Docs Award of Merit Special Mention 2017 [10]

Selected filmography

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  • The New Gypsy Kings (2016)[11][12]
  • Numbers Joe (2015)
  • Inside The Actors' Temple (2011)
  • Britain's Child Beggars (2011)
  • Gypsy Child Thieves (2009)
  • Rogue Restaurants (TV series, 2008)
  • Shoplifters Caught On Camera (2007)
  • Conning The Conmen (TV series, 2007)
  • Gypsy Witch (2006)[13]
  • Behind Closed Doors (2005)
  • The Terror Suspect's Dad (2005)
  • Easy Prey (2004)
  • The Child Sex Trade (2003)
  • Weekend (1998)
  • Reflections (1993)

References

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  1. ^ "MIFF Film Festival Awards 2014 - Milano". miff.it. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ^ Bagnall, Sam (2 September 2009). "Special Reports | How Gypsy gangs use child thieves". BBC News. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. ^ "A Gypsy documentary that alternated between the eye-opening and the hair-raising". Spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Liviu Tipuriță: "Prin documentar, ai şansa să fii într-o poziţie privilegiată, de observator"". 4 October 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Press Office - BBC's This World wins prestigious FPA award". BBC. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. ^ "RTS Journalism Awards 2009 | Royal Television Society". Rts.org.uk. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Prix Europa : Location: (changing) : Awards for 2010". IMDb.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Foreign Press Association London". Fpalondon.net. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  9. ^ "The Winners of Astra Film Festival 2016". Astrafilm.ro. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Awards of Merit January 2017". Impactdocsawards.com. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  11. ^ "BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards". Awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  12. ^ "VIDEO INTERVIU Liviu Tipurita, regizor si producator BBC, creatorul documentarului The New Gypsy Kings: Imi amintesc cum imi spunea: "Ne omoara manelele, Liviule! Moare muzica lautareasca". - Film". HotNews.ro. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Gypsy Witch". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
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