Elevator is a Romanian independent film directed by George DorobanÃÂu and written by . The screenplay adapts Pintilei's own 2004 stageplay Elevator, which was inspired by a real story that took place in London in 2002. Both the movie and the play won several national and international awards.
In 2004, during a student party at the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography (UNATC), Gabriel Pintilie began work on what would become the play entitled Elevator. He won the DramAcum2 contest for the play.
Alexandra PÃÂun and George Dorobanà £u became interested in the cinematographic adaptation of the play after seeing a stage version directed by Adrian Zaharia, at the Teatrul Foarte Mic theater in Bucharest. In 2005 PÃÂun and Dorobanà £u met Gabriel Pintilei. After seeing the performances of Iulia Verdeà  and Cristi Petrescu in a performance of the play that Pintilei directed, PÃÂun and Dorobanà £u cast the two stage actors in leading, and only, roles in the film.
Principal photography took place during 18 days, in August and September 2005, in the Odeon Theatres cargo elevator. The editing dragged on for 2 years, and Florin Piersic Jr joined during the post-production phase as a technical consultant. Ada Milea composed the score, while the end title's song was written by Dan LÃÂzÃÂrescu.
The film was first screened in 2008 at the International Film Festival of Uruguay.