Cătălin Mitulescu (; born 13 January 1972 in
Bucharest) is a
Romanian
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
. He graduated from the
Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film
The Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Națională de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică "I.L. Caragiale") is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1954. It is named in honour of pla ...
in
Bucharest in 2001.
He is best known for the
short film ''
Trafic'' (Romanian for "
traffic"), which won him the
Short Film Palme d'Or
The Short Film Palme d'Or (french: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the creation of the Cinéfondation
La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes ...
at the
2004 Cannes Film Festival
The 57th Cannes Film Festival started on 12 and ran until 23 May 2004 in film, 2004. The Palme d'Or went to the United States, American film ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' by Michael Moore.
The festival opened with ''Bad Education (2004 film), La mala educa ...
and for the debut
feature ''
The Way I Spent the End of the World
''The Way I Spent the End of the World'' ( ro, Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii) is the feature-length film debut of Romanian director Cătălin Mitulescu. It was released on September 15, 2006.
Synopsis
The film is about 17-year-old Eva and ...
'' ( ro, Cum mi-am petrecut sfârşitul lumii), which was screened at the
2006 festival.
His latest film ''
Loverboy
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'' premiered in the
Un Certain Regard section at the
2011 Cannes Film Festival
The 64th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 May 2011. American actor Robert De Niro served as the president of the jury for the main competition and French filmmaker Michel Gondry headed the jury for the short film competition. South Ko ...
.
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Film people from Bucharest
Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography alumni
Romanian film directors
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