Lucian Georgescu

Dr. LUCIAN GEORGESCU holds  a Master in Litterature (Elements of pre-cinema language in the Brancoveanu’ Medieval Chronicle/Bucharest University, Faculty of Litterature/1992), a PhD in cinema (The Road Symbol In Jarmusch’ cinema/UNATC/2006) and is the Senior Professor of the Screenwriting Chair at UNATC, Bucharest. Member of UCIN (Romanian Filmmakers Association), FIPRESCI, EACWP, SRN, NAWE, guest lecturer at Ohio State University, Cincinnati University, Scuola Holden in Torino;  his research focus is on the road movie genre and the critical analysis of the ”DYI method” – the three acts structure paradigm. Paper peer reviewed presentations  at the SRN Conferences in Copenhagen, Brussels, Potsdam-Babelsberg. Academic research published by Intellect Books, Taylor&Francis and Edinburgh University Press. Extra-academic activity in advertising (first Romanian creative to be appointed as the CEO of an advertising multinational in Romania – BBDO/1999; nominated at the IAA Hall of Fame in Brussels) and cultural marketing (2001, A Peace Odyssey – together with Emir Kusturica; Sibiu 2007 – European Cultural Capital). Founder of the FVOD cinepub.ro, producer, screenwriter (Mimi, Night within a day, Keep an eye on happiness, The Phantom Father), director (Mimi, The Phantom Father).

Books: Jim on the Road (House of Guides), Chats about Screenplay (with Dumitru Carabăț, UNATC Press), Creative Writing (coordinator, TBA). Editorial work/translations: Frédéric Beigbeder – 99 Francs (Pandora M), Barry Gifford – The Phantom Father: A Memoir (Balkanski Books), David Bohm – On Creativity and On Dialogue, Steven Maras – Screenplay: Theory, History and Practice (TBA).