Alexandru Dabija (born February 13, 1955) is a stage director and actor in Romanian theater and film.
Born in Piatra NeamÃÂ, 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 NeamÃÂ, 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 MÃÂniuÃÂiu (Casandra Theater Studio, 1978)
- Taifunul, by Cao Yu (, 1988)
- Burghezul gentilom, by Molière (Nottara Theatre, 1989)
- OspÃÂÃÂul lui Balthazar, by Benjamin Fondane (Nottara Theatre, 1990)
- ', by Georg Kreisler (State Jewish Theater, 1993)
- Lungul drum al zilei cÃÂtre noapte, by Eugene O'Neill (Nottara Theatre, 1998)
- ÃÂcoala femeilor, by Molière (Teatrul Mic, 1998)
- JucÃÂria de vorbe, a scenario, directed by Alexandru Dabija, after "Cartea cu jucÃÂrii" by Tudor Arghezi (Odeon Theatre, 1998)
- Saragosa, 66 de Zile, adapted by Dabija from The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki (Odeon Theatre and Theater der Welt Festival in Berlin, 1999)
- ', by Alexandru KiriÃÂescu (Odeon Theatre, 2002)
- BucureÃÂti nicÃÂieri, a script by Tudor Arghezi and Horia-Roman Patapievici (Act Theatre, 2002)
- ', by Tudor MuÃÂatescu (The Comedy Theatre, 2002)
- Aici nu se simte, by Lia Bugnar (Teatrul Luni de la Green Hours, 2003)
- Leonce and Lena, by Georg Büchner (Odeon Theatre, 2004)
- Trei surori, by A.P. Cehov (Toma Caragiu Drama Theatre, PloieÃÂti, 2004)
- Aventurile lui Habarnam, by Nikolay Nosov (Odeon Theatre, 2005)
- Block Bach, (Teatrul Odeon, 2007)
- Camera de hotel, a trilogy by Barry Gifford (Odeon Theatre, 2008)
- Un duel, by Anton Chekhov (TNB, 2009)
- Pyramus & Thisbe 4 You, after William Shakespeare (Odeon Theatre, 2010)
- Absolut! after Ivan TurbincÃÂ, by Ion CreangÃÂ (Teatrul Act, 2011)
- O scrisoare pierdutÃÂ, by Ion Luca Caragiale (Teatrul de Comedie, 2011)
- C.F.R. â Cometa, Copilul ÃÂi CÃÂÃÂelul, after the texts by Ion Luca Caragiale (Odeon Theatre, 2012)
- ', by Ion Luca Caragiale (TNB, 2012)
- Titanic Vals, by Tudor MuÃÂatescu (Odeon Theatre, 2013)
- Suflete moarte, by Nikolai Gogol (Toma Caragiu Drama Theater, PloieÃÂti, 2013)
- Sânziana & Pepelea, by Vasile Alecsandri (Cluj-Napoca National Theatre, 2013)
- ', by George Tabori (Cluj-Napoca National Theatre, 2014)
- Contra democraÃÂiei, by Esteve Soler (Sala Studio, 2014)
- 13 tablouri cu oameni, adapted after Anton Chekhov (Elvira Godeanu Theater, Târgu Jiu, 2014)
- Logodnicii din provincie, by Georges Feydeau (Hungarian Theatre of Cluj, 2014)
- O...ladÃÂ, collective creation by Ion CreangÃÂ (Youth Theater in Piatra NeamÃÂ, 2014)
- Vârciorova. Carantina, by Vasile Alecsandri and Matei Millo (, BacÃÂu, 2014)
- Platonov, by Anton Chekhov (Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu, 2016)
Filmography
- 2013 â O umbràde nor â short feature â directed by Radu Jude
- 2015 â Aferim!, directed by Radu Jude, the role of boyar Iulian Cîndrescu
- 2016 â Inimi cicatrizate (), a scenario directed by Radu Jude, the role of Mr. LazÃÂr B.
- 2018 - "Seagull" - short feature - directed by Maria PopistaÃÂu
- 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 CÃÂrtÃÂrescu and Cristian Mungiu
For his performance as boyar Iordache Cîndescu from the film Aferim! (by director Radu Jude, released in 2015), 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
References and notes
Further reading
- Miruna Runcan, Habarnam în oraÃÂul teatrului. Universul spectacolelor lui Alexandru Dabija, The Limes / The "Camil Petrescu" Cultural Foundation, btw. Cluj & Bucharest, 2010, p. 232 - review
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