Liviu Ciulei (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈlivju t͡ʃjuˈlej]; 7 July
1923 â€" 24 October 2011) was a Romanian theater and film director,
film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer.
During a career spanning over 50 years, he was described by Newsweek
as "one of the boldest and most challenging figures on the
international scene". Ciulei is known for winning the Best Director
prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival for his film Forest of the
Hanged. He received a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest
on 13 December 2012.Born in Bucharest to Liviu Ciulley [sic], a lawyer
and constructor, Ciulei studied architecture and theater at the Royal
Conservatory of Music and Theatre. He made his theater debut in 1946,
as Puck in an Odeon Theatre production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer
Night's Dream. Soon after, he joined the theater company known as
Teatrul Municipal din BucureÅŸti, later renamed Teatrul Bulandra, and
directed his first stage production in 1957 â€" The Rainmaker.In 1961,
Ciulei gained an overall recognition for his version of Shakespeare's
As You Like It. In the same year, he was a member of the jury at the
2nd Moscow International Film Festival. He was the recipient of the
Directors' Award at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival for The Forest of
the Hanged, the film version of the Liviu Rebreanu's eponymous novel
(where he also starred in the role of Klapka). In the 1980s, he was
marginalized by the regime and transferred to work at Sahia film
studio, as documentary filmmaker.
1923 â€" 24 October 2011) was a Romanian theater and film director,
film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer.
During a career spanning over 50 years, he was described by Newsweek
as "one of the boldest and most challenging figures on the
international scene". Ciulei is known for winning the Best Director
prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival for his film Forest of the
Hanged. He received a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest
on 13 December 2012.Born in Bucharest to Liviu Ciulley [sic], a lawyer
and constructor, Ciulei studied architecture and theater at the Royal
Conservatory of Music and Theatre. He made his theater debut in 1946,
as Puck in an Odeon Theatre production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer
Night's Dream. Soon after, he joined the theater company known as
Teatrul Municipal din BucureÅŸti, later renamed Teatrul Bulandra, and
directed his first stage production in 1957 â€" The Rainmaker.In 1961,
Ciulei gained an overall recognition for his version of Shakespeare's
As You Like It. In the same year, he was a member of the jury at the
2nd Moscow International Film Festival. He was the recipient of the
Directors' Award at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival for The Forest of
the Hanged, the film version of the Liviu Rebreanu's eponymous novel
(where he also starred in the role of Klapka). In the 1980s, he was
marginalized by the regime and transferred to work at Sahia film
studio, as documentary filmmaker.
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