Constantin Popescu (director)


Constantin Popescu is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He is sometimes credited as Constantin Popescu Jr. and Constantin C. Popescu.

Life and career

Constantin Popescu was one of the directors of the omnibus film Tales from the Golden Age. His first feature film as solo director was Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man, a historical drama about Romanian anti-communist partisans fighting after World War II. It was followed by the family drama Principles of Life. Popescu's third feature film was Pororoca, a psychological thriller for which he received the Gopo Award for Best Director.

Selected filmography

Tales from the Golden Age Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man Principles of Life