Paul Călinescu (23 August 1902 – 25 March 2000) was a

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

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

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. He directed 14 films between 1934 and 1964. In 1936 he was appointed as Head of the Cinematographic Service of , the national tourism office. As part of a collaboration agreement with the German company Tobis Klangfilm, he co-directed, together with , a series of three short films about Romania: ''Bucharest, the city of contrasts'', ''Corners from Romania'', and ''The Generation of Tomorrow''. He won the first important prize of Romanian cinema at the international level, for the documentary ''Țara Moților'', at the 1939

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...

Selected filmography

* ' (1941) * '' Floarea reginei'' (1946) * ''

The Valley Resounds ''The Valley Resounds'' (Romanian: ''Răsună valea'') is a 1950 Romanian drama film directed by Paul Călinescu Paul Călinescu (23 August 1902 – 25 March 2000) was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between ...

'' (1950) * ' (1951) * ' (1954) * ' (1956) * ' (1961) * ''

Titanic Waltz ''Titanic Waltz'' (Romanian: ''Titanic vals'') is a 1964 Romanian comedy film directed by Paul Călinescu and starring Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic, , and .Iordanova p.25 It was based on a play of the same name by Tudor Mușatescu. The film's sets wer ...

'' (1964)

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* 1902 births 2000 deaths Romanian film directors Romanian male screenwriters 20th-century Romanian screenwriters Romanian documentary filmmakers {{Romania-film-director-stub