Hotin, România | 1943-04-07

Mircea Daneliuc (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirtʃe̯a daneˈljuk]; born 7 April 1943) is a Romanian film director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed 19 films since 1975. In 1993 his film The Conjugal Bed was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Two years later, his film The Snails' Senator was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. As one of the most prominent Romanian film directors of the 1980s, his films mixed realism and parables, enabling him to convey uncensored criticism towards the communist regime.