Mircea Mureșan

Romanian film director (1928–2020)

Mircea Mureșan

Born	Mircea-Nicolae-Ioan Mureșian (1928-11-11)11 November 1928 Sibiu, Kingdom of Romania
Died	24 April 2020(2020-04-24) (aged 91) Bucharest, Romania
Resting place	Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest
Nationality	Romanian
Alma mater	Institute of Theatre and Film I.L. Caragiale
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1961–2005
Employer	State Theatre of Sibiu
Notable work	Răscoala (1965) Toate pînzele sus (1976) Blestemul pământului, blestemul iubirii (1979)
Spouse	Rodica Mureșan [ro]

Mircea Mureșan (11 November 1928 – 24 April 2020) was a Romanian film director.^[1] 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.^[2]

Born in Sibiu, 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 to pursue his studies, graduating from the Institute of Film I.L. Caragiale in 1955.^[1]

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.^[1]

He was married to actress Rodica Mureșan [ro]. He died in Bucharest in 2020, aged 91, and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery.^[3]

Filmography

Toamna se numără bobocii, 1961 (screenwriter, with András Sütő)
Partea ta de vină [ro], 1963
Răscoala, 1965
K.O., 1968 (screenwriter, with Eugen Popiță)
Baltagul [ro], 1969 (scenario after Mihail Sadoveanu's eponymous novel)
Lunga noapte de șase ani, 1970 (documentary, has been destroyed)
Asediul [ro], 1970 (screenwriter, with Corneliu Leu)
Bariera [ro], 1972
Porțile albastre ale orașului [ro], 1973
Toate pînzele sus, 1976 (for TV; screenwriter, with Alexandru Struțeanu)
Împușcături sub clar de lună [ro], 1977
Blestemul pământului, blestemul iubirii, 1979
Întoarcere la dragostea dintâi [ro], 1981 (screenwriter)
Lumini și umbre [ro], 1981–1982 (for TV; with Andrei Blaier and Mihai Constantinescu)
O lebădă, iarna, 1983
Horea [ro], 1984
Cei mai frumoși 20 de ani, 1985
Maria și marea [ro], 1988
Miss Litoral [ro], 1991
A doua cădere a Constantinopolului [ro], 1994
Sexy Harem Ada Kaleh [ro], 2001 (screenwriter)
Vrăjitoarea Azucena – Îngerul de abanos, 2004 (screenwriter)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Epure, Adrian (24 April 2020). "A murit regizorul Mircea Mureșan, rămas definitiv în memoria cinefililor datorită serialului "Toate pânzele sus"". Adevărul. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Răscoala". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
^ "A murit regizorul Mircea Mureșan, celebru pentru "Toate pânzele sus"". Descoperă (in Romanian). 24 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2023.