Liviu Ciulei

Director, Actor, Art director
Born: 07.07.1923 in Bucharest
Died: 10.24.2011 in München (Germany)

Graduate of the Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bucharest (class of 1946), and of the Architecture Institute (class of 1949). He made his debut as an actor in 1945 at the Small Theatre. Though in the early '50 he makes his debut in film as an actor and production designer, and then as a director, the theatre remains his main preoccupation and vocation. He made his debut as a stage director with the play “The Rainmaker” written by Richard Nash, at the Municipal Theatre (Bulandra Theatre) in 1957. He was the artistic director of the Bulandra Theatre between 1963 and 1974, when he was removed after the communist censorship banned the performance of “The Government Inspector” written by Nikolai Gogol and directed by Lucian Pintilie. In 1974 he made his American debut at the Arena Stage in Washington. He lves Romania in 1980 and from 1986 he taught directing at Columbia University, then acting at the New York University in New York. He became an Honorary Member of the Romanian Order of Architects in 2006.

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Known for:

1975

1964

1959

1957

Festivals / Awards

1960	Karlovy Vary	The Waves of the Danube	"Crystal Globe" Award
1965	Cannes	The Forest of the Hanged	Best Director
1965	Mamaia	The Forest of the Hanged	Grand Prize "White Pelican"
2010	TIFF		Award of Excellence

Filmography

Director

O scrisoare pierdută (film tv)		1977
Macbett (film tv)		1973
The Forest of the Hanged		1964
The Waves of the Danube		1959
The Eruption		1957
The Mill of Good Luck	second unit director	1956

Actor

The Phalanstery	Dinicu Golescu	1978
The Romanian Musketeer	Leibnitz	1975
The Mastodon	Vogoride	1975
August in Flames	Ionescu - Tismana	1973
Fog	Comisarul şef	1973
Love Begins on Friday	Dobrescu	1972
Taking Off	Barcan	1971
The Making of the World	Manicatide	1970
The Forest of the Hanged	Klapka	1964
The Sky Has No Bars	Bercescu	1962
Soldiers without Uniform	Bogdan	1960
The Waves of the Danube	Mihai	1959
Alarm in the Mountains	Spion	1955
The Sun Rises	Bulldogul	1954
The Bugler’s Grandsons	Bulldogul	1953
Our Village	Dumitru	1950

Art designer

O scrisoare pierdută (film tv)		1977
Macbett (film tv)		1973
The Making of the World		1970
The Storm Bird		1956
The Sun Rises		1954
The Bugler’s Grandsons		1953
Mitrea Cocor		1952

Articles & Interviews

Liviu Ciulei – „Actorul – om politic” - Eva Sîrbu
„Am refuzat scenarii care nu mă atrăgeau…” - Liviu Ciulei
Decizie referitoare la difuzarea filmelor lui Liviu Ciulei și Thomas Ciulei
„Eu cred că treaba asta cu teatrul este serioasă!” - Liviu Ciulei
Irina Petrescu - Ei văzuţi de ei - Liviu Ciulei
„Îmi montez filmele ― n-o să mă credeți! ― cântând” - Alice Mănoiu
Cartea de film. Liviu Ciulei - Irina Coroiu
În vizită la Liviu Ciulei - Gheorghe Tomozei
La o aniversare, numai Prospero nu are vârstă - Cornel Cristian
Liviu Ciulei – Fişă aproape personală - Eva Sîrbu
Liviu Ciulei - Profil regizoral - lordan Chimet
Liviu Ciulei - Radu Gabrea: Faţă în faţă - Radu Gabrea, convorbire consemnată
Liviu Ciulei – Regizorii noștri - Eva Sîrbu
The Moment of Grace of the Photographer - Dana Medar
Seniorul - lon Parhon
Se repetă...Hamlet - Călin Stănculescu
Un film despre om, un film despre conştiinţă
Un omagiu pentru Liviu Ciulei, la Cinemateca Union
IN MEMORIAM LIVIU CIULEI: ”Pădurea spânzuraților” la Cinemaraton, 23 octombrie

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