Geo Saizescu (14 November 1932 – 23 September 2013) was a Romanian film director, screenwriter, and actor.[1] He appeared in 22 films between 1963 and 2009 and directed 16 films between 1956 and 2012.
He was born in Prisăceaua, Mehedinți County in 1932, the twelfth child of his parents; his father was a notary in the village. After his secondary studies at the Traian High School in Turnu Severin, he studied at the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) in Bucharest, film directing department,[2] graduating in 1957. He made his directorial debut in 1956 with the film Aventurile bravului soldat Svejk; in 1958 he wrote the script and directed the film Doi vecini [ro].[3]
In 2002 he was awarded the National Order of Faithful Service, Knight rank.[4] He died at the age of 80 in Bucharest and was buried in the cemetery at Cernica Monastery [ro], in nearby Pantelimon.[4]
Saizescu was the founder of the Faculty of Arts at the Hyperion University [ro] in Bucharest; the faculty now bears his name.[4] His son, Cătălin Saizescu [ro] (born in 1976) is an actor, film director, and producer.[3]
^"A murit regizorul Geo Saizescu. Ce a declarat în ULTIMA emisiune TV în care a apărut". Antena 3 CNN (in Romanian). 24 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^Sahagia, Viorel. "Mehedințeanul Geo Saizescu – un mare regizor român". www.cafeneauapolitica.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ abDumitrache, Claudiu (4 April 2013). "Regizorii Geo și Cătălin Saizescu atacă dur "manelismul" și "comedia" prezentată de posturile TV din România". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ abcDelcea, Cristian (26 September 2013). "De ce n-a fost înmormântat Geo Saizescu pe aleea actorilor din Bellu? Sebastian Papaiani: "Nu a vrut Caramitru!"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 24 September 2023.
GeoSaizescu (14 November 1932 – 23 September 2013) was a Romanian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He appeared in 22 films between 1963 and 2009...
Theatrical Arts and Cinematography Institute in 1960, debuting in the GeoSaizescu comedy Un surâs în plină vară (1963). He has a star on the Walk of Fame...
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father, and marking the directorial debut of her Institute colleague GeoSaizescu. This was followed in 1964 by another substantial role, as Gena in Titanic...
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of Eu, tu și Ovidiu (Me, you and Ovidiu), a Romanian film directed by GeoSaizescu. In September, the band was invited to play at MTV Romania, during the...
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