Dana Ranga
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Dana Ranga is a Romania
n writer and film director, currently living and working in Berlin
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. After she left for Berlin, she studied journalism, art history and film theory at the Free University Berlin. She now works in Berlin as a film producer, author and poet.
Her debut production East Side Story
(1997) received an award at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film
in 1998. The documentary film Story (2003), about astronaut Story Musgrave
received awards at the film festivals in Marseille (2003), Leipzig (2003) und Houston (2004). Afterwards, Dana Ranga produced the documentary Cosmonaut Polyakov (2007).
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n writer and film director, currently living and working in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
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Life
Dana Ranga was born in 1964 in Bucharest. Initially, she studied medicine at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and PharmacyCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy is a state-run health sciences University in Bucharest, Romania. It is the largest institution of its kind in Romania with over 2.865 employees, 1.654 teachers and over 4.800 students...
. After she left for Berlin, she studied journalism, art history and film theory at the Free University Berlin. She now works in Berlin as a film producer, author and poet.
Her debut production East Side Story
East Side Story (documentary)
East Side Story is a 1997 documentary directed by Dana Ranga. The film documents the Soviet musical genre, which flourished during Stalin and enjoyed another short life after World War II but quickly died by the 1960s...
(1997) received an award at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film
Marseille Festival of Documentary Film
Marseille International Festival of Documentary Film is a documentary film festival held yearly since 1989 in Marseille, France. The festival awards grand prizes in international and national categories...
in 1998. The documentary film Story (2003), about astronaut Story Musgrave
Story Musgrave
Franklin Story Musgrave is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is currently a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California.-Personal life:...
received awards at the film festivals in Marseille (2003), Leipzig (2003) und Houston (2004). Afterwards, Dana Ranga produced the documentary Cosmonaut Polyakov (2007).
Filmography
- 1997: East Side StoryEast Side Story (documentary)East Side Story is a 1997 documentary directed by Dana Ranga. The film documents the Soviet musical genre, which flourished during Stalin and enjoyed another short life after World War II but quickly died by the 1960s...
(director, script) - 2003: StoryStory MusgraveFranklin Story Musgrave is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is currently a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California.-Personal life:...
(director, script) - 2007: Cosmonaut Polyakov (director, script, cut)
- 2009: Oh, Adam (director, script, cut)