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Mircea Mureșan (11 November 1928 – 24 April 2020) was a Romanian film director. He directed 22 films between 1961 and 2004. Mureșan won the prize for Best First Work at the
1966 Cannes Film Festival The 19th Cannes Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 May 1966. To honour the festival's 20th anniversary, a special prize was given. The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the '' Signore & Signori'' by Pietro Germi, in tie wit ...
for the film '' Răscoala''. Born in
Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...
, he attended from 1939 to 1947 the Gheorghe Lazăr High School in his native city. He then played at the State Theatre of Sibiu for four years, after which he went to
Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
to pursue his studies, graduating from the Institute of Film I.L. Caragiale in 1955. His film career, which began with film adaptations, gradually reoriented towards comedy, with rare trips into documentaries. From 1974 to 1989 Mureșan was vice-president of the Romanian Filmmakers Association. He was married to actress .


Filmography

* ''Toamna se numără bobocii'', 1961 (screenwriter, with András Sütő) * ', 1963 * '' Răscoala'', 1965 * ''K.O.'', 1968 (screenwriter, with Eugen Popiță) * ', 1969 (scenario after
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's eponymous novel) * ''Lunga noapte de șase ani'', 1970 (documentary, has been destroyed) * ', 1970 (screenwriter, with Corneliu Leu) * ', 1972 * ', 1973 * '' Toate pînzele sus'', 1976 (for TV; screenwriter, with Alexandru Struțeanu) * ', 1977 * ''
Blestemul pământului, blestemul iubirii ''Blestemul pământului, blestemul iubirii'' (''The curse of the land, the curse of love'') is a 1981 Romanian drama film directed by Mircea Mureșan. The film is an adaptation of Liviu Rebreanu's 1920 social novel ', starring Șerban Ionescu as ...
'', 1979 * ', 1981 (screenwriter) * ', 1981–1982 (for TV; with
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and
Mihai Constantinescu Mihai Constantinescu (; born 20 August 1932–29 October 2019) was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Filmography As director * '' Pe litoral mi-a rămas inima'' (1961) * '' Opt minute de vis'' (1965) * '' Cîntecele mării'' (1971) - ...
) * ''O lebădă, iarna'', 1983 * ', 1984 * ''Cei mai frumoși 20 de ani'', 1985 * ', 1988 * ', 1991 * ', 1994 * ', 2001 (screenwriter) * ''Vrăjitoarea Azucena – Îngerul de abanos'', 2004 (screenwriter)


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* 1928 births 2020 deaths Romanian film directors People from Sibiu Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni Romanian screenwriters {{Romania-film-director-stub