Cristian Nemescu
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Cristian Nemescu (March 31, 1979 — August 24, 2006) was a Romanian film director.
Nemescu was born in Bucharest. He graduated from the Academy for Theater and Film in 2003. During his final year in the academy he made a short film, Story From The Third Block Entrance, that received awards at the NYU International Student Film Festival and the Premiers Plans in Angers, France. The European Academy Awards nominated it as "best short film" that year.
Nemescu's Marilena From Block P7, which he wrote and directed, entered in the 2006 Cannes competition.
Nemescu's latest film was California Dreaming, starring Armand Assante. He finished filming in July and was in post-production.
Nemescu was killed in a car crash in Bucharest that also claimed the life of Romanian-born sound engineer Andrei Toncu. Nemescu and Toncu were riding in a taxi that was struck on Eroilor Bridge by a Porsche Cayenne SUV driven by a British citizen who ran a red light. The technical expertise has established that the Porsche had a speed of 113 km/h (which 30 km/h is less than what was initially reported), while the taxi had a speed of 42 km/h.
