Calin Peter Netzer was born in 1975 in Petrosani Romania. He immigrated to Germany with his family where he graduated from high school. He came back to Romania in 1994. In 1999, he obtained a diploma as a film director from the Theatre and Film University of Bucharest. After a series of short films, his debut in feature length film comes in 2003 with Maria. Calin’s second feature length film, Medal of Honour, was premiered in 2009. It received the Gopo Award - the Romanian Oscars - for Best Actor (Victor Rebengiuc) and Best script (Tudor Voican). |