Mircea Dumitrescu (September 3, 1926 – March 11, 2005) was a

film critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism by film scholars, who study the composition of film theory and publish their findin ...

, professor and

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. He was known especially for his

cinematography Cinematography () is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens (optics), lens to focus reflected light from objects into a real image that is transferred to some image sen ...

course accompanied by screenings in the main university cities in

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Biography

Mircea Dumitrescu was born in

Dumitrești Dumitrești is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of sixteen villages: Biceștii de Jos, Biceștii de Sus, Blidari, Dumitrești, Dumitreștii de Sus, Dumitreștii-Faţă, Găloiești, Lăstuni, Lupoaia, Motnău, Poieni� ...

Vrancea County Vrancea () is a county (județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov (Siret), Milcov River, is in Muntenia. Demographics At the 2021 Romanian census, 2 ...

to Elena Șisman and Victor Dumitrescu (a

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), but he was brought up in

Buzău Buzău (; formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu'') is a city in the historical region of Muntenia, Romania, and the county seat of Buzău County. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carp ...

. His father, Victor Dumitrescu, served at the "

Carol I Carol I or Charles I of Romania (born Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; 20 April 1839 – ), was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (''Domnitor'') from 1866 to 1881, and as ...

" Hospital in Dumitrești. Between 1934 and 1946, he studied in

and

Craiova Craiova (, also , ) is the largest city in southwestern Romania, List of Romanian cities, the seventh largest city in the country and the capital of Dolj County, situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia. It i ...

(Liceul militar "Dimitrie A. Sturdza"), but Dumitrescu completed his high school just in the 1960s. He graduated from the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest (UB) () is a public university, public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy of Bucharest, P ...

and worked for Student's Culture House in

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(1970–2005). After 1970, he supported a

course (focused on the history, theory and aesthetics of film) accompanied by screenings in the main university cities in Romania:

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the Cities in Romania, third largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical ...

, Târgu Mureş,

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

. Mircea Dumitrescu was a member of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (1993). After 1992, he wrote articles, reviews, and film essays for: "Tribuna" (

), " Timpul" (

), "Tribuna Ardealului" (Cluj-Napoca), "Alternativa" (

), "Monitorul" (Iași), "Util Expres" (

), "Transilvania Expres" (Brașov), "Argument" (Cluj-Napoca), "Cuvântul libertăţii" (

), "Jurnal de Mureș" (

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...

), "Monitorul de Suceava" (

Suceava Suceava () is a Municipiu, city in northeastern Romania. The seat of Suceava County, it is situated in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Bukovina and Western Moldavia, Moldavia, northeastern Romania. It is the largest urban ...

), "Jurnal de Vrancea" (

Focșani Focșani (; ) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. , it has a population of 66,719. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Curvature Carpathians, at a point of ...

), "Biserica și problemele vremi" (

), "Tex–Caleidoscop" (

), "Transilvania Jurnal" ( Braşov), "Ideea creştină" (Iași), "Adevărul de Cluj" (Cluj-Napoca), "

Gazeta de Transilvania ''Gazeta de Transilvania'' was the first Romanian-language newspaper to be published in Transylvania. It was founded by George Bariț in 1838 in Brașov. It played a very important role in the awakening of the Romanian national conscience in Tran ...

" (Brașov), "Cotidianul – Week-end" (

), Revista Respiro. Mircea Dumitrescu collaborated with

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TVS Holding (Brașov) and Europa Nova (Iași). Dumitrescu was a member of "Asociaţia Ziariștilor Români" after 1994. In 2001, his book of essays, "Istoria cinematografiei universale," was published by

Noesis Noesis is a philosophical term, referring to the activity of the intellect or nous. Noetic is the relevant adjective. Noesis may also refer to: Philosophy * Noesis (phenomenology), technical term in the Brentano–Husserl "philosophy of intention ...

editor Remus Cernea.Mircea Dumitrescu, "Istoria cinematografiei universale. Eseuri", vol. 1, Noesis Cultural Society, 2001, .

Books

*Mircea Dumitrescu, "Istoria cinematografiei universale. Eseuri," vol. 1, Noesis Cultural Society, 2001, *Mircea Dumitrescu, "O privire critică asupra filmului românesc", ediție îngrijită și Cuvânt înainte de Mona Mamulea, Brașov, Arania, 2005,

Online works

Istoria cinematografiei universale. Eseuri, vol. 1
Noesis, November 2001
Mircea Dumitrescu, "O privire critică asupra filmului românesc"
Brașov, Arania, 2005

References

External links

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* ttp://www.dumitresti.ro/personalitati/mircea-dumitrescu.html Sorin Tudose, Prof. Mircea Dumitrescu
Critică de film Andrzej Wajda

Cristi Puiu – Marfa și banii de Mircea Dumitrescu {{DEFAULTSORT:Dumitrescu, Mircea 1926 births 2005 deaths People from Vrancea County Romanian film critics Romanian essayists Eastern Orthodox Christians from Romania Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church University of Bucharest alumni Romanian writers Romanian journalists 20th-century essayists 20th-century journalists