The mass media in Romania refers to mass media outlets based in Romania. Television, magazines, and newspapers are all operated by both state-owned and for-profit corporations which depend on advertising, subscription, and other sales-related revenues. The Constitution of Romania guarantees freedom of speech. As a country in transition, the Romanian media system is under transformation.
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh is a British actor and filmmaker. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London; in 2015 he succeeded Richard Attenborough as its president. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. He has won three BAFTAs and two Emmy Awards. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2012 Birthday Honours and knighted on 9 November 2012. He was made a Freeman of his native city of Belfast in January 2018. In 2020, he was listed at number 20 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Maia Emilia Ninel Morgenstern is a Romanian film and stage actress, described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film". In the English-speaking world, she is best known for portraying the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. In Romania, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Balanța, a film known in the United States as The Oak, set during the waning days of Communist Romania. She received a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest on 1 May 2011.
Walter Stacy Keach Jr., known professionally as Stacy Keach, is an American actor and narrator. He has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, often in law enforcement or as a private detective. His most prominent role was as Mickey Spillane's fictional detective Mike Hammer, which he played in numerous stand-alone television films and at least three television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The role earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1984.
Marcel Iureș is a Romanian actor. He is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and film actors. He has acted in films and on stage both in Romania and internationally, and has played at least ten roles on Romanian and British television. His work includes voiceovers for Disney and computer games. Iureș is the president and a judge of the Anonimul International Film Festival and also the president of Ideo Ideis Festival.
Richard Roxburgh is an Australian actor, writer, producer, and director. He has won acclaim for his performances on the stage in productions by the Sydney Theatre Company and others, in Australian films and television series, and in a number of Hollywood productions.
Tate Buckley Donovan is an American actor and director, known for portraying Tom Shayes in Damages, Jimmy Cooper in The O.C., and the voice of the title character in the 1997 Disney animated film Hercules, the animated television series of the same name and in a few Kingdom Hearts video games.
Loredana Groza is a Romanian pop singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, TV personality, media proprietor, and coach in the talent show Vocea României, known as “Romanian Madonna” or “The Queen of Pop” known for alternating music styles. With more than 2 million albums sold, she is one of the best-selling artist in Romania.
Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale was a British actor, film director, writer and producer. He spent much of his childhood moving around due to his father serving as an Officer with the Royal Air Force. Poor eyesight prevented him from following a similar career in the RAF, so he instead planned to become a theatre director. Training at the Theatre of Arts in London, he started work as an actor, making his West End debut in 1974. He went on to appear in numerous roles in television, including the series I, Claudius and Jesus of Nazareth, before starring as Simon Doyle in the film Death on the Nile (1978). This proved to be a breakthrough role and allowed him to move to the United States, where he appeared in a variety of films and TV series including Quatermass (1979), The Riddle of the Sands (1979), The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) and Jaws 3-D (1983).
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) is a media and entertainment company that operates television channels in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Until its acquisition by PPF Group N.V., the company was listed on NASDAQ and Prague Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CETV.
The cinema of Romania is the art of motion-picture making within the nation of Romania or by Romanian filmmakers abroad. It has been home to many internationally acclaimed films and directors.
Barnet Kellman is an American television and film director, television producer and film actor.
David Green is a British film director, television producer and media executive.
Bucharest Film Studios in Romania is Eastern Europe's largest and longest established film studios with a tradition in cinema spanning almost 70 years. It provides full production services for the international film and TV industry. The complex is located in the town of Buftea, 20 kilometers north-west of Bucharest. Since they were founded, over 600 films have been shot, processed and/or serviced there – both Romanian and international productions.
Anna Stratton is a Canadian film and television producer. Her projects include the feature films Zero Patience (1993), Lilies, and Emotional Arithmetic (2007). Her work in television includes the award-winning children's program L'Histoire de l'Oie.
The State Hungarian Theatre of Cluj is a theatre in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Performances are played in Hungarian, with simultaneous translation into Romanian or English usually available.
Russian World Studios was founded in 1984 by Yuri Sapronov and Andrei Smirnov, and is one of the largest film and television production companies in the Russian market. As of 1992, the company has produced or serviced over 400 film and television projects. The studio has worked with Sony Pictures Television International, Hallmark Entertainment, HBO Films, and Beacon Pictures. RWS offers a range of film production services as well as their own distribution department, which sells in-house film and TV series on the international market. The company's film studios are located in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Andrei Tiberiu Maria, better known by his stage name Smiley, is a Romanian singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and internet vlogger. He was part of the band Simplu and since then he developed a solo career. With more than 1 million singles sold from 2001, certified gold, he is the best-selling male artist and the most successful pop star in Romania. In 2013, he won "Best Romanian Act" during the MTV Europe Music Awards held in Amsterdam.
Derek Wax is a British television producer. His work includes Sex Traffic, Occupation, The Hour,Troy: Fall of a City,Capital and Humans. He was a producer at Granada TV from 2001-2005 and an Executive Producer at Kudos from 2005-2017.
Ingrid Bisu is a Romanian-German actress, producer, and screenwriter, known for her appearance in the dramedy Toni Erdmann (2016), which was nominated at The Cannes Film Festival for the Palme d'Or and also for Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards in 2017.
