Alexander Nanau

1 film, 4 selections, 4 awards

Biography

Alexander is a German-Romanian filmmaker born in Romania who studied directing at The Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). His documentary film, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ION B was awarded an International Emmy Award in 2010. His feature documentary film TOTO AND HIS SISTERS was a European Film Award nominee 2015. The film had a wide international distribution and played successfully in festivals world-wide. Alexander served as Director of Photography for the French/German documentary NOTHINGWOOD (Sonia Kronlund) that was shot in Afghanistan and premiered in Cannes as part of La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in 2017. COLLECTIVE premiered at the Venice IFF 2019 - as part of the Official Selection - out of Competition and had its North American premiere at tiff Toronto. Alexander is also teaching and mentoring in several international film universities and Filmlabs.