Mircea Dumitrescu


Mircea Dumitrescu was a film critic, professor and essayist. He was known especially for his cinematography course accompanied by screenings in the main university cities in Romania.

Biography

Mircea Dumitrescu was born in Dumitrești, Vrancea County to Elena Șisman and Victor Dumitrescu, but he was brought up in Buzău. His father, Victor Dumitrescu, served at the "Carol I" Hospital in Dumitrești. Between 1934 and 1946, he studied in Buzău and Craiova, but Dumitrescu completed his high school just in the 1960s. He graduated from the University of Bucharest and worked for Student's Culture House in Bucharest. After 1970, he supported a cinematography course accompanied by screenings in the main university cities in Romania: Bucharest, Iași, Târgu Mureş, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Craiova, Brașov. Mircea Dumitrescu was a member of the Romanian Filmmakers Union.
After 1992, he wrote articles, reviews, and film essays for: "Tribuna", "Timpul", "Tribuna Ardealului", "Alternativa", "Monitorul", "Util Expres", "Transilvania Expres", "Argument", "Cuvântul libertăţii", "Jurnal de Mureș", "Monitorul de Suceava", "Jurnal de Vrancea", "Biserica și problemele vremi", "Tex–Caleidoscop", "Transilvania Jurnal", "Ideea creştină", "Adevărul de Cluj", "Gazeta de Transilvania", "Cotidianul – Week-end", Revista Respiro. Mircea Dumitrescu collaborated with television stations TVS Holding and Europa Nova. Dumitrescu was a member of "Asociaţia Ziariștilor Români" after 1994.
In 2001, his book of essays, "Istoria cinematografiei universale," was published by Noesis editor Remus Cernea.

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