Stere Gulea

He was born in Mihail Kogălniceanu commune, Constanța County, in an Aromanian family that had fled from the Kaliakra region of Southern Dobruja during the 1940 population exchange between Bulgaria and Romania.He made his film director debut that year with Apa ca un bivol negru [ro] ("The Water Like a Black Buffalo"); this documentary movie, done in collaboration with his IATC colleagues, Dan Pița and Mircea Veroiu, record the catastrophic 1970 floods in Romania.[3] In the early 1970s, he produced and directed a Romanian Television documentary based on Mateiu Caragiale's life; his first feature film was Iarba verde de acasă [ro] ("The Green Grass from Home", 1978), based on a screenplay by Sorin Titel [ro].In 2019, he won the Gopo Award for best movie with Moromeții 2 [ro],[5] This film is a sequel to The Moromete Family (1988), also directed by Gulea, both based on the eponymous novel by Marin Preda.In 2018 Gulea was made honorary citizen of Talpa, the commune in Teleorman County where both these movies were shot.
Mihail KogălniceanuConstanța CountyKingdom of RomaniaOvidius UniversityCaragiale National University of Theatre and FilmOrder of the Star of RomaniaGopo AwardRomanianfilm directorscreenwriterAromanianKaliakraSouthern Dobrujapopulation exchange between Bulgaria and RomaniaMircea cel Bătrân High SchoolConstanțaPedagogical Institute of ConstanțaI.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film ArtsBucharestDan PițaMircea Veroiu1970 floods in RomaniaRomanian TelevisionMateiu CaragialeState of Thingssubmitted by RomaniaAcademy Award for Best International Feature FilmThe Moromete Familyeponymous novelMarin PredaTeleorman CountyPresidentEmil ConstantinescuSunt o babă comunistăWeekend with my MotherMoromețiiJules VerneRadio Romania InternationalAdevărulObservator CulturalDigi24AgerpresMonitorul Oficial