Ion Popescu Gopo

Director, Screenwriter
Born: 30.04.1923 in Bucharest
Died: 29.11.1989 in Bucharest

Having inherited the talent from his father, who was a plastic artist, a sculptor and a caricaturist, Ion Popescu-Gopo manifested at an early age a proclivity for plastic arts as a life path. When he was barely 20 years old, he collaborated with humoristic magazines, doing drawings, caricature work and cartoons. It was also then that he militated for the creation of an animation division within the ONC (National Film Office). In the mid-forties he made a name for himself as a draftsman for the daily paper "România liberă". He attended an intensive course at the "Soiuzmultfilm" Studio in Moscow, after which he became head of the animation department of the Bucharest Film Studio, the nucleus of the future “Animafilm”.

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In memoriam Ion Popescu-Gopo @IPIFF 2019

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Known for:

1984

1982

1981

1965

Festivals / Awards

1956	Damasc	Fetiţa mincinoasă	Silver Medal
1956	Edinburgh	Fetiţa mincinoasă	Merit Diploma
1957	Cannes	A Brief History	"Palme d'or" for Best Short
1957	Moscova	A Brief History	Silver Medal
1958	Oberhausen	A Brief History	The Third Prize
1958	Tours	Seven Arts	Grand Prize
1959	Oberhausen	Seven Arts	Mention
1960	Karlovy Vary	Homo Sapiens	Grand Prix for Animation
1960	San Francisco	Homo Sapiens	1st Prize
1960	Edinburgh	Homo Sapiens	Merit Diploma
1960	Santiago	Homo Sapiens	Honorary Diploma
1960	Oberhausen	Homo Sapiens	Mention
1960	Montevideo	Homo Sapiens	Mention
1962	Viena	Homo Sapiens	Honorary Diploma
1962	Mar del Plata	O poveste ca în basme	Award for the Most Recreational Teen Film
1962	Salonic	A Bomb Was Stolen	The Third Prize
1962	Edinburgh	A Bomb Was Stolen	Honorary Diploma
1963	Bordighera	A Bomb Was Stolen	Silver Olive
1963	Gijon	De dragul prinţesei	Astor de Oro
1964	Mamaia	Steps to the Moon	Best director
1964	Trieste	Steps to the Moon	The Diploma and Statuette of Sculptor Mascherini
1964	Teheran	Fetiţa mincinoasă	1st Prize
1964	Oberhausen	Allo, Hallo!	3rd Prize of the International Jury of Popular Universities and the International Jury’s Prize
1965	Mamaia	The White Moor	Jury Special Award
1965	Moscova	The White Moor	Prize for Original Film Directing
1966	Mamaia		Honorary Prize for Cinematic Innovation
1971	Teheran	Eu+Eu=Eu	Golden Medal
1978	ACIN	Ecce homo	Award for Best Animation Film
1979	ACIN	Three Apples	Best short animation
1981	ACIN	The Effect of Angles	Jury Special Award
1982	ACIN	Quo vadis Homo Sapiens	Grand Prize
1983	ACIN	You	Grand Prize - Short Film Section
1984	Cracovia	You	Silver Dragon
1987	ACIN	The Print	Jury Special Award - Short Film Section

Filmography

Director - Fiction Films

Maria and Mirabela in Transistoria		1988
A Day in Bucharest		1986
The Bet		1984
Galax		1983
Maria Mirabela		1981
The Story of Love		1976
A Fantastic Comedy		1974
Three Times Bucharest		1967
Faust XX		1966
The White Moor		1965
Steps to the Moon		1963
A Bomb Was Stolen		1961
O zi pierdută		1960

Director - Animation Films

Music		1989
The Boat		1987
The Print		1987
Homo Faber		1986
The Apprentice Wizard		1985
Good Manners		1985
Three Elements: Fire, Air, Water		1985
Salva		1984
Tu, tu, tu		1983
Quo vadis homo sapiens		1982
Efectul unghiurilor		1981
Cadru cu cadru		1981
Anima… Magic… Animagic		1980
Energetic		1980
E pur si muove		1979
Three Apples		1979
Ecce Homo		1978
Infinite		1977
Știu să scriu 1,2,3…		1975
Intermezzo for an Eternal Love		1974
Măria-Sa Omul		1974
Clepsidra		1972
Kisses		1969
I + I = I		1969
Sancta simplicitas		1968
Pilule II		1969
The Earth of Mankind		1967
Oraşul meu		1967
Pilule I		1966
Echilibrul		1965
Despre flori (fără morală)		1964
Allo! Hallo!		1962
Homo Sapiens		1960
Seven Arts		1958
Galateea		1957
A Brief History		1957
Ariciul răutăcios		1955
Marinica’s Screw		1955
Peștișorul cel isteț		1955
Ursulețul fricos		1955
Șurubul lui Marinică
O muscă cu bani		1954
Marinică		1954
Doi iepuraşi		1952
Răţoiul neascultător		1951
The Bee and the Dove		1951

Director - Animation Films with Actors

Princess in Love		1959
Musca		1958
Galatheea		1957
Fetița mincinoasă		1956

Actor

The Romanian Musketeer	Peter The Great	1975
Cantemir	Peter The Great	1975
O noapte de pomină		1939

Articles & Interviews

Animaţia noastră la Zagreb - Natalia Stancu
Anticronica - Ion Popescu Gopo
Caravana filmului românesc la Onești – ediție aniversară
Cu Gopo despre alţii - Eva Sîrbu
Cuceritorul unui continent magic - redactorii* Noului Cinema
Două interpretări - Ion Popescu Gopo
Filmele minunatei lumi a copilăriei - Alice Mănoiu
Gabrovo: Un mare premiu pentru scurtmetraje - Ion Popescu Gopo
Gopo: ultimul interviu - Ion Popescu Gopo (întrebări și răspunsuri)
Ion Popescu Gopo și exuberanța ficțiunii - Valerian Sava
Ion Popescu Gopo: „Omulețul desenat și lumea reală” - Vasilica Istrate
Portret: Beligamul - Ion Popescu-Gopo
Regia este… - lon Popescu GOPO
Satisfacţiile experimentului - Dana Duma
Scurtă preistorie - Ion Popescu Gopo
„Scurtă istorie” – telecinema - Radu Cosaşu
„Sunt dintr-aceia care încep filmul cu o hârtie albă” - Ion Popescu Gopo
Tradiţiile filmului românesc - Paul Călinescu
Ucenicul vrăjitor - Răzvan Popovici
The 14th Edition of IPIFF Takes Place in November
Retrospectivă Ion Popescu Gopo la Indie-IPIFF
IPIFF Indie 2019: Retrospectiva Ion Popescu Gopo - Dana Medar
A New Issue of “Close up”
Un tânăr de 60 de ani: GOPO - Dana Duma
Un cine-concert cu trupa Coma la cea de-a patra ediție a Central European Film Festival Timișoara
Gala Premiilor UCIN 2020, 21 septembrie, la Teatrul Național din București
#ScreeningHistory - 100 de ani de animație românească, celebrați la Animest.15
Programul și biletele la prima ediție Animest disponibilă în toată țara
Regizorul Mircea Daneliuc a participat la dezbaterile din cadrul Festivalului Filmului Românesc
„Caravana filmului românesc – Cartea și filmul” ajunge și la copiii din județul Brașov
“Centenarul GOPO” în 2023
Ion Popescu Gopo la centenar - Călin Boto

Festivals / Awards
Filmography
Articles & Interviews