Iulian Mihu (3 November 1926 – 20 June 1999) was a Romanian
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 ...
.
He directed nineteen films between 1953 and 1998. His 1981 film ''
The Pale Light of Sorrow'' was entered into the
12th Moscow International Film Festival
The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film '' O Homem que Virou Suco'' directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film '' The Abandoned Field: Free ...
, where it won a Special Diploma.
Born in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
, he graduated in 1955 from the
I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC).
He made his directing debut with two short films: ''La mere'' (1953), directed together with
Manole Marcus, and ''Jocurile copilăriei'' (1955). His first feature film, ''Viața nu iartă'' (1957), was the adaptation of a novel by
Alexandru Sahia
Alexandru Sahia (pen name of Alexandru Stănescu; October 11, 1908 – August 12, 1937) was a Romanian journalist and short story writer.
Biography
Born in Mânăstirea, Călărași County, as the son of a small landowner, he was enrolled in the ...
.
In addition to ''The Pale Light of Sorrow'', his best known films are ''
Felix and Otilia'' (1972), after the novel ' by
George Călinescu
George Călinescu (; 19 June 1899 – 12 March 1965) was a Romanian literary critic, historian, novelist, academician and journalist, and a writer of classicist and humanist tendencies. He is currently considered one of the most important Romani ...
, ''Nu filmăm să ne amuzăm'' (1974), and ''Alexandra și infernul'' (1975), after a novel by .
He died in 1999 in Bucharest, at age 72.
Selected filmography
* ' (1953)
* ''Jocurile copilăriei'' (1955)
* ' (1957)
* ' (1961)
* ' (1965)
* ''
Felix and Otilia'' (1972)
* ' (1975)
* ' (1975)
* ' (1976)
* ''Femeia la volan'' (1979)
* ''
The Pale Light of Sorrow'' (1981)
* ' (1981)
* ' (1983)
* ' (1984)
* ' (1986)
* ' (1988)
* ''Băiatul cu o singură bretea'' (1991)
* ' (1998)
References
External links
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1926 births
1999 deaths
Film people from Bucharest
Romanian film directors
Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni
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