Alexandru Dabija

Alexandru Dabija is a stage director and actor in Romanian theater and film.
Born in Piatra Neamț, he graduated from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts in Bucharest. Dabija debuted in 1976 with Philip Massinger's Reflection at the Youth Theater in Piatra Neamț, winning the Best Director of the Year award. He was general manager of the Odeon Theatre in Bucharest from 1991 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2002.

Theater plays directed

Avram Iancu, made by Mihai Măniuțiu Taifunul, by Cao Yu Burghezul gentilom, by Molière Ospățul lui Balthazar, by Benjamin Fondane Lola Blau, by Georg Kreisler Lungul drum al zilei către noapte, by Eugene O'Neill Școala femeilor, by Molière Jucăria de vorbe, a scenario, directed by Alexandru Dabija, after "Cartea cu jucării" by Tudor Arghezi Saragosa, 66 de Zile, adapted by Dabija from The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki ', by Alexandru Kirițescu București nicăieri, a script by Tudor Arghezi and Horia-Roman Patapievici

', by Tudor Mușatescu Aici nu se simte, by Lia Bugnar Leonce and Lena, by Georg Büchner Trei surori, by A.P. Cehov Aventurile lui Habarnam, by Nikolay Nosov Block Bach, Camera de hotel, a trilogy by Barry Gifford Un duel, by Anton Chekhov Pyramus & Thisbe 4 You, after William Shakespeare Absolut! after Ivan Turbincă, by Ion Creangă O scrisoare pierdută, by Ion Luca Caragiale C.F.R. — Cometa, Copilul și Cățelul, after the texts by Ion Luca Caragiale ', by Ion Luca Caragiale Titanic Vals, by Tudor Mușatescu Suflete moarte, by Nikolai Gogol Sânziana & Pepelea, by Vasile Alecsandri
', by George Tabori Contra democrației, by Esteve Soler 13 tablouri cu oameni, adapted after Anton Chekhov Logodnicii din provincie, by Georges Feydeau O...ladă, collective creation by Ion Creangă Vârciorova. Carantina, by Vasile Alecsandri and Matei Millo Platonov, by Anton Chekhov

Filmography

2013 — O umbră de nor – short feature – directed by Radu Jude
2015 — Aferim!, directed by Radu Jude, the role of boyar Iulian Cîndrescu
2016 — Inimi cicatrizate , a scenario directed by Radu Jude, the role of Mr. Lazăr B.
2018 - "Seagull" - short feature - directed by Maria Popistașu
2018 - "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" - directed by Radu Jude

Awards

In December 2000 he was awarded by then-Pres. Emil Constantinescu the National Order of Faithful Service, Officer rank.
In 2008 he was awarded with National Award for Arts together with Mircea Cărtărescu and Cristian Mungiu
For his performance as boyar Iordache Cîndescu from the film Aferim!, Dabija was rewarded with the Gopo Award for Best Supporting Actor at Gopo Gala 2016.
For his performance as Mr. Movila from the film I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (by director Radu Jude, released in 2018, Dabija was rewarded with the Gopo Award for Best Supporting Actor at Gopo Gala 2018.
He was rewarded with 5 UNITER AWARDS from 1995 to 2012