Constantin Popescu (director)

Constantin Popescu (born 15 December 1973) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He is sometimes credited as Constantin Popescu Jr. and Constantin C. Popescu.^[1]

Life and career

Constantin Popescu was one of the directors of the omnibus film Tales from the Golden Age (2009).^[2] His first feature film as solo director was Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man (2010), a historical drama about Romanian anti-communist partisans fighting after World War II.^[3][4] It was followed by the family drama Principles of Life (2010).^[3][5] Popescu's third feature film was Pororoca (2017), a psychological thriller^[3][6] for which he received the Gopo Award for Best Director.^[7]

Selected filmography

• Tales from the Golden Age (2009)
• Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man (2010)
• Principles of Life (2010)
• Pororoca (2017)