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
Mihail Sadoveanu
Mihail Sadoveanu (; occasionally referred to as Mihai Sadoveanu; November 5, 1880 – October 19, 1961) was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, who twice served as acting head of state for the communis ...
'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
Andrei Blaier
Andrei Blaier (15 May 1933 – 1 December 2011) was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. His 1958 film '' The Ball'' was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.
Born in Bucharest, he graduated in 1956 from the I.L. C ...
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)
References
External links
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1928 births
2020 deaths
Romanian film directors
People from Sibiu
Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni
Romanian screenwriters
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