Mircea Dumitrescu (September 3, 1926 â March 11, 2005) 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.
Mircea Dumitrescu was born in DumitreÃÂti, Vrancea County to Elena ÃÂisman and Victor Dumitrescu (a physician), but he was brought up in BuzÃÂu. His father, Victor Dumitrescu, served at the "Carol I" Hospital in DumitreÃÂti. Between 1934 and 1946, he studied in BuzÃÂu and Craiova (Liceul militar "Dimitrie A. Sturdza"), 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 (1970âÂÂ2005). After 1970, he supported a cinematography course (focused on the history, theory and aesthetics of film) accompanied by screenings in the main university cities in Romania: Bucharest, IaÃÂi, Târgu Mureà Â, Cluj-Napoca, TimiÃÂoara, Craiova, BraÃÂov. Mircea Dumitrescu was a member of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (1993).
After 1992, he wrote articles, reviews, and film essays for: "Tribuna" (Cluj-Napoca), "Timpul" (IaÃÂi), "Tribuna Ardealului" (Cluj-Napoca), "Alternativa" (BraÃÂov), "Monitorul" (IaÃÂi), "Util Expres" (BraÃÂov), "Transilvania Expres" (BraÃÂov), "Argument" (Cluj-Napoca), "Cuvântul libertÃÂà £ii" (Craiova), "Jurnal de MureÃÂ" (Târgu MureÃÂ), "Monitorul de Suceava" (Suceava), "Jurnal de Vrancea" (FocÃÂani), "Biserica ÃÂi problemele vremi" (IaÃÂi), "TexâÂÂCaleidoscop" (BraÃÂov), "Transilvania Jurnal" (Braà Âov), "Ideea creà ÂtinÃÂ" (IaÃÂi), "AdevÃÂrul de Cluj" (Cluj-Napoca), "Gazeta de Transilvania" (BraÃÂov), "Cotidianul â Week-end" (Bucharest), Revista Respiro. Mircea Dumitrescu collaborated with television stations TVS Holding (BraÃÂov) and Europa Nova (IaÃÂi). Dumitrescu was a member of "Asociaà £ia ZiariÃÂtilor Români" after 1994.
In 2001, his book of essays, "Istoria cinematografiei universale," was published by Noesis editor Remus Cernea.