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 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 ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

, founded in 1954. It is named in honour of playwright

Ion Luca Caragiale Ion Luca Caragiale (; commonly referred to as I. L. Caragiale; According to his birth certificate, published and discussed by Constantin Popescu-Cadem in ''Manuscriptum'', Vol. VIII, Nr. 2, 1977, pp. 179-184 – 9 June 1912) was a Romanian playw ...

History

First theatre school

The first theatre faculty in Bucharest began its activity in 1834 within the Philharmonic School.

IATC and precursors (1948-1990)

A Faculty of Stage Direction opened in 1948 within the Romanian Art Institute, at that time the center of all Romanian higher education in the arts. The year 1950 saw the founding of both the Institute for Film and the Institute for Theatre I. L. Caragiale (named after the classic Romanian playwright). In 1954, the two institutions merged into the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC).

After 1990

The institute functioned under this name until 1990, when it became the Academy of Theatre and Film – the only such school in Romania with a ranking equal to that of a university and with international recognition. Since 1990, the Academy of Theatre and Film has undergone a continuous reform process. New specializations have been added, such as audiovisual communication and multimedia sound editing (at the Film Faculty), puppets, marionettes, choreography and scenography (at the Theatre Faculty). The number of students has gone up, while the curricula and study programs have been continuously improved and diversified. In 1998, the Academy of Theatre and Film became the University of Theatre and Film I.L. Caragiale. In 2001, it became the National University of Theatre and Film I.L. Caragiale.

Notable alumni

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Elena Albu Elena Albu (September 1, 1949 – March 16, 2003) was a Romanian stage and film actress. She graduated from Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1973. Her acting career began in 1982; she starred in many productions directe ...

, actress *

Mircea Albulescu Iorgu Constantin Albulescu (4 October 1934 – 8 April 2016), known professionally as Mircea Albulescu (), was a Romanian actor, university professor, journalist, poet, writer, and member of the Writers' Union of Romania (''Uniunea Scriitorilor'' ...

, actor *

George Alexandru George Alexandru (; 21 November 1957 – 1 January 2016) was a Romanian film and theater actor. Filmography * ' (1978) * ' (1980) * ' (1983) * ' (1985) * '' Noi, cei din linia întâi'' (1985) * ''Figuranții'' (1987) * ''François Villon - Poe ...

, actor *

Violeta Andrei Violeta Andrei (; born 29 March 1941) is a Romanian theater and film actress. Biography Andrei was born on 29 March 1941 in Brașov, Romania. After completing high school at the Școala Centrală National College in Bucharest, she graduated in 1 ...

, actress *

Chris Avram Chris Avram (born Cristea Avram; August 31, 1931 – January 10, 1989) was a Romanian- Italian film actor. Early life and career Avram was born in Bucharest, into a family of active communists (his father being a member of the Romanian Communist ...

, actor *

Leopoldina Bălănuță Leopoldina Bălănuță (; 10 December 1934 – 14 October 1998) was a Romanian actress. Biography She was born in her grandparents' house in Hăulișca, Vrancea County, the daughter of Neculai Bălănuță, a priest, and Sanda. She was a 1958 ...

, actress * Paul Barbă Neagră, film director * Marga Barbu, actress *

Alina Bârgăoanu Alina Bârgăoanu is a Romanian university professor and the dean of the faculty of communication and public relations of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, of which she was the acting rector betwe ...

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Zaharia Bârsan Zaharia Bârsan ( – December 13, 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian playwright, poet and actor. He was born in Sânpetru, Brassó County, in what was then the Transylvania region of Austria-Hungary. His parents were Zaharie Bâr ...

, playwright, poet, and actor * Andreea Bibiri, actress and theatre director *

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 ...

, film director *

Claudiu Bleonț Claudiu Bleonț (; born 17 August 1959) is a Romanian film and theatre actor, comedian, television celebrity, and television presenter at TVR1, for the show ''Duminica în familie''. He is known in Romania not only for acting, but also for his im ...

, actor *

Elisabeta Bostan Elisabeta Bostan (born 1 March 1931) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. She directed 25 films between 1956 and 1991. Biography Born in Buhuși, Bacău County, she attended the in Piatra Neamț, where she staged her first theater pro ...

, film director * Olga Bucătaru, actress *

Dragoș Bucur Dragoș Bucur (; born 13 June 1977) is a Romanian actor, ambassador for the program ''Youth of the Move'' involved by the European Commission, and TV presenter for the show '' Visuri la cheie'' broadcast on Pro TV '' Visuri la cheie''. Dragoș ...

, actor * Rozina Cambos, actress *

Nae Caranfil Nae Caranfil (; also Nicolae Caranfil) (born 7 September 1960) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Career Born in Bucharest, Nae Caranfil is the son of important Romanian film historian and critic Tudor Caranfil. He graduated in 1984 fr ...

, film director * Adi Carauleanu, actor *

Dan Condurache Dan Condurache (; born 26 July 1952) is a Romanian film actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1976. Born in Dorohoi, he completed high school in his native city. He then went to Bucharest, where he studied theater at the I.L. C ...

, actor *

Ioana Crăciunescu Ioana Crăciunescu (born 1950) is a Romanian actress and poet. Biography Ioana, also named Luminita, Crăciunescu, was born in Bucharest, the daughter of a civil engineer. She studied at the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematogra ...

, actress * Alexandru Dabija, actor *

Theodor Danetti Theodor Danetti (; August 23, 1926 – January 16, 2016) was a Romanian stage and film actor. Life Danetti was born in 1926 in Corabia. He graduated from Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1955. He was distributed to t ...

, actor *

Gheorghe Dănilă Gheorghe Dănilă (9 April 1949 – 1 March 2021) was a Romanian actor. Biography Dănilă was born on 9 April 1949, in Roman. In 1975, he graduated from the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, where he studied under Octavian Co ...

, actor *

Alexandru Darie Alexandru Darie (14 June 1959 – 18 September 2019) was a Romanian theater director. Born into an acting family, the son of Iurie Darie and Consuela Roșu, he graduated from the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in Buch ...

, theater director *

Iurie Darie Iurie Darie (; 14 March 1929 – 9 November 2012) was a Romanian actor. Biography He was born in Vadul-Rașcov, Soroca County, Kingdom of Romania. He studied at the Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in Bucharest, graduating in ...

, actor *

Mircea Diaconu Mircea Diaconu (; born 24 December 1949) is a Romanian actor, writer, and politician. First appearing on stage in 1970, and on screen two years later, Diaconu pursued a lengthy career in both formats, working with a series of prominent directors ...

, actor and politician *

Ion Dichiseanu Ion Dichiseanu (20 October 1933 – 20 May 2021) was a Romanian actor. He was known, among other things, for playing in '' Kampf um Rom'', '' Titanic Waltz'' and ''Mofturi 1900''. Dichiseanu died in the Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest on 20 May ...

, actor *

Puși Dinulescu Puși Dinulescu (; born Dumitru Dinulescu (27 August 1942 – 1 August 2019) was a Romanian playwright, film, theatre and television director, novelist, and poet. Biography He was the son of the engineer Dumitru I. Dinulescu and Ileana Dinulesc ...

, playwright and director * Dana Dogaru, actress *

Catrinel Dumitrescu Catrinel Dumitrescu (born 11 October 1956) is a Romanian film and theater actress. Born in Brăila, her debut came when she was 16, and was selected by director Alexandru Tocilescu to play a role at the local theater in the play ' by August St ...

, actress *

David Esrig David Esrig (born September 23, 1935 in Haifa) is a Romanian theater director. Education He studied directing at the Bucharest Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography. Career In 1995, he founded the Athanor Academy of Perf ...

, theatre director * Ioan Fiscuteanu, actor * Valeria Gagealov, actress *

Tudor Gheorghe Tudor Gheorghe (; born August 1, 1945) is a Romanian musician, actor, and poet known primarily for his politically charged musical career and his collaborations with well-known figures of late 20th-century Romanian poetry. His recording work is ...

, musician *

Luminița Gheorghiu Luminița Gheorghiu (; 1 September 1949 – 4 July 2021) was a Romanian film actress, and artistic performer in East Central Europe. She achieved international recognition for her roles in ''The Death of Mr. Lazarescu'' (2006) and '' Child's Pose ...

, actress *

Tudor Giurgiu Tudor Giurgiu (born 1972 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Romanian film director. He was President of Romanian Television, Romanian National Television, TVR between 2005 and 2007. Tudor Giurgiu is also a director of music videos and has made document ...

, film director * Manuela Hărăbor, actress *

Hanno Höfer Hanno Höfer (born 8 July 1967 in Timișoara, Romania) is a Romanian movie director, producer, and musician. Early life and education Höfer was born in Timișoara and is of German-Romanian descent. When he was about one year old, he moved to Buc ...

, film director *

Indiggo Indiggo and the Indiggo Twins are the stage names for Gabriela Modorcea and Mihaela Modorcea, twin sisters and Romanian-American professional actresses, dancers, singers, and writers. They were born in Romania, received visas for extraordinary a ...

, the twin sisters Gabriela and Mihaela Modorcea, singer-songwriters and reality television personalities *

Marcel Iureș Marcel Iureș (; born 2 August 1951) is a Romanian actor. He is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and film actors. He has acted in films and on stage both in Romania and internationally, and has played at least ten roles on Romanian and Briti ...

, actor ('' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'') *

Radu Jude Radu Jude (; born 28 March 1977) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Biography In 2003, Jude graduated from the Film Directing Department of the Media University of Bucharest. He worked as an assistant director for feature films inclu ...

, film director (''

Aferim! ''Aferim!'' ('' en, Bravo!'') is a 2015 Romanian drama film directed by Radu Jude and produced by Ada Solomon. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where Radu Jude won the Silver Bear for ...

'') *

Maia Morgenstern Maia Emilia Ninel Morgenstern (; born 1 May 1962) is a Romanian film and stage actress, Gabriela DumbaPur și SIMPLU, Maia Morgenstern, ("Pure and simple, Maia Morgenstern", but with a pun, because Simplu is a Romanian musical group with whom ...

, actress (''

The Passion of the Christ ''The Passion of the Christ'' is a 2004 American epic biblical drama film produced, directed and co-written by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus of Nazareth, Maia Morgenstern as Mary, mother of Jesus, and Monica Bellucci as Mary ...

'') *

Cristian Mungiu Cristian Mungiu (; born 27 April 1968) is a Romanian filmmaker. He won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'', which he wrote and directed. He has also won the awards for Best Screenplay an ...

, filmmaker (''

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'' ( ro, 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile) is a 2007 Romanian art film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu and starring Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, and Vlad Ivanov. The film is set in Communist Romania i ...

'') *

Mircea Mureșan 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 for the film '' Răscoala''. Born in ...

, film director *

Cristian Nemescu Cristian Nemescu (; 31 March 1979 – 24 August 2006) was a Romanian film director. Nemescu was born in Bucharest. He graduated from the Academy for Theater and Film in 2003. During his final year in the academy he made a short film, ''Story Fr ...

, film director * Barna Nemethi, film director and photographer *

Călin Peter Netzer Călin Peter Netzer (; born 1 May 1975) is a Romanian film director who won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. Born in Petroșani to a family of Romanian and German origins, Netzer emigrated with his family to West G ...

, film director *

Sebastian Papaiani Sebastian Papaiani (; 25 August 1936 – 27 September 2016) was a Romanian film and television actor. He was born in Pitești; his father was of Greek origin. He graduated from the Theatrical Arts and Cinematography Institute in 1960, debutin ...

, actor * Dorotheea Petre, actress *

Irina Petrescu Irina Carmen Petrescu (19 June 1941 – 19 March 2013) was a Romanian film actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1959 and 2010. She won the award for Best Actress at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in the 1969 fi ...

, actress *

Florin Piersic Florin Piersic (; born 27 January 1936) is a well-known Romanian actor and TV personality. He is particularly famous for his leading roles in ''The White Moor'' and the ''Margelatu'' series films. He has a reputation, often parodied in popular ...

, actor * , actor, writer and director ('' Youth Without Youth'') *

Adrian Pintea Adrian Virgil Pintea (; 9 October 1954 – 8 June 2007) was a Romanian actor. Career Pintea graduated from the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, Theatrical and Cinematographical Arts Institute in Bucharest. He appeared in the 200 ...

, actor *

Adina Pintilie Adina Pintilie (born January 12, 1980, with the birth name Adina-Elena Pintilie) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Her feature length debut film '' Touch Me Not'' was awarded the Golden Bear The Golden Bear (german: Goldener B� ...

, film director * George Piștereanu, actor *

Tania Popa Tania Popa (born 19 January 1973) is a Romanian actress. = * Your Face Sounds Familiar (Season 8, 2015) * The national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 * The Farm (Season 3, 2018) Stage * God of Carnage ''God of Carnage'' ( ...

, actress * Stela Popescu, actress *

Corneliu Porumboiu Corneliu Porumboiu (; born 14 September 1975) is a Romanian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Life and education Corneliu Porumboiu was born in Vaslui, Vaslui County, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country lo ...

, film director *

Victor Rebengiuc Victor Rebengiuc (; known in full as Victor-George Rebengiuc; born 10 February 1933) is a Romanian film and stage actor, also known as a civil society activist. Since 1957, he has been a member of the Bulandra Theater company, acting in more th ...

, actor *

Marcel Roșca Marcel Roșca (; born 18 October 1943) is a retired Romanian pistol shooter. He competed in the individual 25 m rapid-fire event at the 1964 (Tokyo) and 1968 (Mexico) Olympics and won a silver medal in 1968, placing sixth at the former. He also ...

, Olympic pistol shooter *

Alec Secăreanu Alexandru "Alec" Secăreanu (; born 4 December 1984) is a Romanian actor. He gained international recognition for playing Gheorghe in the 2017 film ''God's Own Country''. Early life Alexandru Secăreanu was born in Bucharest. He completed dram ...

, actor (''

God's Own Country "God's Own Country" is a phrase meaning an area, region or place supposedly favoured by God. Examples Australia In Australia, the phrase "God's own country" was often used to describe the country in the early 1900s, but it appears to have gr ...

'') * Saviana Stănescu, playwright * Eusebiu Ștefănescu, actor *

Cosmina Stratan Cosmina Stratan (born 20 October 1984) is a Romanian film actress. She is best known for her performance as Voichița in Beyond the Hills. Selected filmography Awards * Best Actress Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival (with Cristina Flut ...

, journalist and film actress *

Valentin Teodosiu Valentin Teodosiu (; born 17 September 1953) is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1977. He is well known as the voice of channel ProTV since 1995. Teodosiu was born in Bucharest and graduated in 1978 from the I.L. Car ...

, actor * Ana Ularu, actress * Bogdan Ulmu, theatre director and writer * Melania Ursu, actress *

Tora Vasilescu Tora Vasilescu (22 March 1951) is a Romanian actress. She was born in Tulcea and went to local School no. 5, and then went on to High School no. 2. She showed talent for acting since she was young and later studied at the Theater Institute in B ...

, actress * Andi Vasluianu, actor *

Dorel Vișan Dorel Vișan (; born 25 June 1937) is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in 65 films since 1974. He was nominated for the award of Best Actor at the 1988 European Film Awards. He was born in Tăușeni, Cluj County. In 1965 he graduated from the ...

, actor *

Florin Zamfirescu Florin Zamfirescu (; born 12 April 1949) is a Romanian theatre and film actor and director, and university professor. Zamfirescu was born in Călimănești, Vâlcea County; his grandfather, Gheorghe Zamfirescu, was mayor of the town. He graduate ...

, actor

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