Constantin "Dinu" Cocea (; 22 September 1929 – 26 December 2013) was a

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n actor, film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Dinu Cocea was born in

Periș Periș is a commune in the far northwestern corner of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. The commune is composed of three villages: Bălteni, Buriaș and Periș. It used to include Brătulești and Cocioc villages, until these were absorbed by othe ...

, into a well-known theatrical family; his relatives included N. D. Cocea, Alice Cocéa, and

Dina Cocea Dina Cocea (; 27 November 1912 – 28 October 2008) was a Romanian stage actress and occasional movie star with a career that spanned 50 years. Among other activities, Cocea was an actor in residence at the National Theatre Bucharest for 17 year ...

. He completed his secondary studies at the Gheorghe Lazăr High School and then studied at the Institute of Theatre and Cinematographic Art in

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, graduating in 1953. In 1985 he emigrated to

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. Cocea died from heart failure on 26 December 2013, aged 84, in

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. He was survived by his daughter, Oana.

Filmography

As director

* '' Haiducii'' (1966) * ' (1968) * ' (1968) * '' Haiducii lui Șaptecai'' (1971) * ' (1971) * ' (1971) * ' (1972) * ' – TV series (1972) * ' (1974) * ''Nu opriți ventilatorul'' (1976) * ''Lanțul neglijențelor'' (1976) * ''Instanța amână pronunțarea'' (1976) * ' (1978) * ' (1980) * ' (1981)

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* * 1929 births 2013 deaths People from Periș Gheorghe Lazăr National College (Bucharest) alumni Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography alumni Romanian film directors Romanian male film actors Romanian screenwriters 20th-century Romanian male actors Romanian expatriates in France {{Romania-bio-stub