Irina Margareta Nistor

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Irina Margareta Nistor

Irina Margareta Nistor (born 26 March 1957[1]) is a Romanian translator and film critic.[2][3]

Biography[]

Nistor worked as a translator of TV programs in Romania under the Communist regime, and is known for secretly dubbing over 3,000 banned movie titles on VHS tapes smuggled in from the West over a period of five years.[4] During the time of the Cold War, these tapes quickly spread throughout Romania, and her voice became widely known throughout the country. In a recent New York Times video about Nistor, one of the interviewees observes: "We did start to wonder why all the films were dubbed by the same voice… (Nistor’s) is the most well known voice in Romania after Ceaușescu’s...”[5]

Nistor worked for The Romanian Television from 1980 until 1999, first as a film translator, then as a program producer.[6] In 1993, she produced, in French, for TV5 Europe a one-hour program called “The Romanian Cinema after 1989”.[6]

Nistor is featured in the documentary Chuck Norris vs Communism, directed by London-based Romanian filmmaker, Ilinca Calugareanu.[5][7] Its European premiere was at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 24 and 25 June 2015.[8] The film was screened at the Hawaii European Cinema: Hawaii's European Film Festival on 17 October 2015.[9][10] The film also screened at Cinequest 2016, in San Jose, California, USA.[11]

Nistor remains active within the Romanian film industry. In 2012, she launched the Psychoanalysis and Film Festival, headed by psychoanalyst , which was the Romanian extension of the European Psychoanalytic Film Festival presided by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci.[12] For nine years, she has presented a weekly one hour Sunday program on Radio Guerrilla, The Voice of the Movies.[6] In 2006, she published a book about her mentor, film critic D.I. Suchianu.[6] She was an HBO adviser and a member of the screenplay jury in film financing procedures of the Romanian National Fund of Cinematography.[6] She has also been the film selector for the DaKINO international film festival.

References[]

  1. ^ Imedia Plus Group SA. "Irina Margareta Nistor". Cinemagia.)
  2. ^ "Child's Pose fiction film selected to represent Romania in 2014 edition of the Academy Awards". mae.ro.
  3. ^ Department of Foreign Affairs Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Kit Gillet in Bucharest. "The voice that brought Hollywood films to communist Romania's TV screens | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "'VHS vs. Communism'". The New York Times. 18 February 2014.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Irina Margareta Nistor". artviva.ro. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20.
  7. ^ "Chuck Norris vs Communism review".
  8. ^ "How video brought down Nicolae Ceausescu". scotsman.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Hawaii European Cinema: Chuck Norris vs. Communism". Hawaii European Cinema: Hawaii European Film Festival. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Hawaii European Cinema: All Films". Hawaii European Cinema: Hawaii European Film Festival. October 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Cinequest Film Festival". Cinequest. March 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  12. ^ The Butler’s preview on Nov 24 at International Psychoanalysis and Film Festival
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