Ion Caramitru
Biography
Ion Caramitru was a Romanian stage and film actor and stage director. Born in Bucharest, he studied at the Caragiale Institute and graduated in 1964. He had already made his stage debut a year earlier as Hamlet in an acclaimed Bulandra Theater production. He continued acting at the Bulandra while appearing at the National Theatre Bucharest and other venues, in plays by Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Aeschylus, and others. As a stage director he staged works including My Fair Lady and The Merchant of Venice, while the Grand Opera House in Belfast presented his adaptations of La Tragédie de Carmen and Eugene Onegin. His screen work included over 30 features, among them Kafka (1991), Citizen X (1995), Mission: Impossible (1996), Amen. (2002), and Adam & Paul (2004). He was made an OBE and, in 1997, a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. He died in 2021.
79years old at death
- Born Bucharest
- Died Emergency University Hospital Elias
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Ion Horia Leonida Caramitru
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 22 years1991 to 2013
Every film, newest first
- 2013Charlie CountrymanIMDb rating 6.3
- 2004Adam & PaulIMDb rating 7.1
- 2002Amen.IMDb rating 7.2
- 1995Citizen XIMDb rating 7.4
- 1991KafkaIMDb rating 6.8
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Behind the camera
Caramitru directed theater, opera and operetta, staging works by Frederick Loewe, Marin Sorescu, Benjamin Britten, Aleksei Arbuzov and Shakespeare. Belfast's Grand Opera House put on his adaptations of Peter Brook's La Tragedie de Carmen and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.
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Worked with
Ion Caramitru made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Fredrik BondDirector, 1 film, 2013
All films by Fredrik Bond
Chris GerolmoDirector, 1 film, 1995
All films by Chris Gerolmo
All films by Costa-Gavras
Awards
Six awards and honors from 1995 to 2000.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2000 | Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit | Won | |
| 1997 | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | Won | |
| 1995 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
| Honorary citizen of Bucharest | Honorary | ||
| Knight of the Order of the Star of Romania | Won | ||
| Royal Decoration of the Cross of the Royal House of Romania | Won | ||
Online
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