DANIEL POPA – CV

Education

FILM

Cannes Film Festival, Sectiunea Cinefondation, 2016 

Cinemaiubit International Film Festival, 2015 

  • L1 – L5 | alex | Directed by Letitia Rosculet | 2014 Bucuresti

Festival Corner, Cannes, 2014

  • The White Gate | The Officer | Directed by Nicolae Margineanu | 2013 Bucuresti
  • Closer to the Moon | Onlooker | Directed by Nae Caranfil | 2012 Bucuresti
  • WER | CNN Reporter | Directed by William Brent Bell | 2012 Bucuresti
  • Killing Time | The Doctor | Directed by Florin Piersic  Jr. | 2011 Bucuresti
  • DIAZ| The Doctor | Directed by Daniele Vicari | 2011 Bucuresti
  • Three Days Until Christmas | Ioan Boboc | Directed by Radu Gabrea | 2011  Bucuresti
  • Forbidden | Avi | Directed by roger burton | 2010  London
  • 4:18 | Andrej | Directed by cristian georgescu | 2010  New york
  • When’s Lunch | French Director |Directed by sarah-rose meredith | 2009 New york
  • 1944 Mon Amour | The Operator | Directed by daniel halsall | 2009  Rotterdam
  • 155 sheets | Tim | Directed by Laetitia aerts | 2008  Rotterdam
  • Spark of Life | Fred | Directed by Bert de Vries | 2008  Rotterdam
  • Strigoi | Tudor | Directed by faye jackson | 2007  Piatra Neamt

Fantastic Planet Film Festival, Sidney, 2009 – Best Director Award

Maelstrom international fantastic film festival, 2009  – Best Feature Award

South African Horror Fest, Cape Town, 2009  – Best Picture Award

Eerie Horror Film Festival, Pennsylvania, 2009 – Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography

Toronto After Dark Festival, 2009 – Gold Medal Vision Award -Best Independent Film

  • Free Fall | The Suicidal| Directed by Dorin Stana | 2000 Bucuresti

Cinemaiubit International Film Festival – 2000 Bucuresti – Best Sound Effects Award, public’s choice award

Brno International Short Film Festival – 2001 – Best Film School Program Award

Munchen International Film Schools Festival – 2001 – Best Film School Award

Karlovy Vari International Film Festival – 2001 –  Best Film School Program Award

  • The Dream | The Man | Directed by Andrei Enache | 1999 Bucuresti
  • Golem | The Golem | Directed by Anatol Reghintovschi | 1999 Bucuresti
  • Dac-Air | Mr. Simionescu | Directed by Dorin Stana | 1999 Bucuresti

Cinemaiubit International Film Festival – 1999  – Best Male Award, Critics Award

Theatre

Showcase | Director Radu Iacoban | ARCUB

The Hummingbirds | Director Daniel Popa | Teatrul LUNI Green Hours

ArtFestin Fagaras – 2018 

Festivalul de Teatru de la Piatra Neamt – 2018

Undercloud Festival – 2018

Campulung Film Festival – 2017

Liar | Mr. Red | Directed by Ana Margineanu | Teatrul LUNI Green Hours

Foame | The Fat | Directed by Paul Bargetto | Departamentul cultural al orașului Poznan City Cultural Department, Teatrul Osmego Dnia, Institutul Polonez București | Temps d’Images, Cluj

The Hummingbirds | Two | Directed by Florin Piersic Jr. | Godot Cafe Teatru, Bucuresti

Yes We Can’t | Sorin O | Directed by Daniel Popa | Teatrul LUNI, Bucuresti

The Position | 6 | Directed by Daniel Popa | Godot Cafe Teatru, Bucuresti

The New Latin | Alexandru | Directed by Nicoline Van Harskamp | 4th Bucharest Biennale

The Prizewinner Takes It All | Young boy | Directed by Peter Cook | Dixon Place, New York

Wire and Acrobats | Emil, Pin | Directed by Ana Margineanu | hotink international festival, New York

Selling Romania – Emil | Directed by Ana Margineanu | Laguardia Performing Art Center, New York

A Night In The Kremlin | Roskovsky | Directed by Cosmin Chivu | June Havoc Theatre, New York

Strangers – Stefan | Directed by Shoshona Courier | ontological-hysteric incubator, new york

Bucharest Calling | Alex | Directed by Ana Margineanu | Teatrul LUNI, bucuresti

New York Fringe Festival – 2007

Dusseldorf Tour – 2007

Warsow Academia Teatralna & Romanian Cultural Institute Exchange – 2007 

Basel Culture Scapes Festival – 2007

Timisoara International Festival of Romanian Drama  – 2007

The Sunshine Play | Dan | Directed by Ana Margineanu | Teatrul LUNI, Bucuresti

New York Fringe Festival – 2007

Basel CultureScapes Festival – 2007

Prague Apostrof Festival – 2007

Vienna Sampling Bucharest  – 2007

Blagoevgrad International Theatre Festival – 2007

Buzau Vedeteatru Festival – 2007 – Critic’s Award

New York – Reenactment of Monday Theatre in New York – 2006

Sibiu international Theatre Festival – 2006

Arad international Underground Theatre – 2006

Sankt Petersburg Rainbow International Theatre Festival – 2006

Dublin Fringe Festival – Project Cube – 2005 

The Triumph of Love | Agis | Directed by Alexandru Darie | Teatrul Bulandra

Madrid – Teatro de Abadia – 2007

Bogotá Ibero-Americano Theatre Festival – 2006

Bucharest National Theatre Festival – 2005

Rome European Theatres Union Festival – 2005

Milan Piccolo Teatro Theatre Festival – 2006

You Can’t Feel It Here | Him | Directed by Alexandru Dabija | Teatrul LUNI, bucuresti

Basel CultureScapes Festival – 2007

Vienna Sampling Bucharest – 2007

ESB Dublin Fringe Festival – 2004  – Project Fringe Award

Sibiu International Theatre Festival – 2004

Braila Days and Nights International Theatre Festival – 2004

Arad International Underground Theatre Festival – 2004

Romanian Days Festival – 2004

Lenin’s Shoe | Alex | Directed by Gordon Edelstein | Odeon Theatre, Bucuresti

Helge’s Life | Helge | Directed by Teodora Herghelegiu | Act Theatre, Bucuresti

Titus. Anatomy. Fall of Rome | Lucius | Directed by Alexandru Darie | Teatrul Bulandra, Bucuresti

Palermo Teatro Garibaldi – 2004

Budapest International Theatre Festival – 2004

Bogotá Ibero-Americano Theatre Festival – 2004

Milan European Theatres Union Festival – 2004

Sank Petersburg European Theatres Union Festival – 2003

Bent – Rudy | Directed by Elie Malka | Bulandra Theatre, Bucuresti

The Importance of Being Earnest | Algernon | Directed by Razvan Dinca | Gh. Ciprian Theatre, Buzau

Thomas a Becket | Directed by Adrian Pintea | Bulandra Theatre, Bucuresti

King Lear | Directed by Dragos Galgotiu | Teatrul Bulandra, Bucuresti

The Immigrants | XX | Directed by Andreea Valean | Casandra Theatre, Bucuresti

Timisoara StudentFest – 2000

Ubergang – Stuntman | Directed by Paola Aguillera | Moving Academy for Performing Arts, Berlin

MAPA Karavan Tour | Berlin, Utrecht, Wien, Brno, Bratislava, Debrecen, Groningen

Other

  • Trainer – Play-Set – Calarasi
  • Director – Colibri – One Man Show – Teatrul LUNI Green Hours, Bucuresti
  • Producer People of Romania – Inceputul unei cercetari
  • Director / Editor / Producer – In Debt We Art
  • Artistic Director – National Independent Theatre Festival – 1st Edition
  • Director – Colibri, lectura publica, Teatrul LUNI Green Hours
  • Artistic Director and Founder of Doctor’s Studio
  • Director – Yes We Can’t – Teatrul LUNI Green Hours
  • Director – The Position – Godot Cafe Teatru, Bucuresti
  • Director – Scent of a Woman – Teatrul Bulandra – Bucuresti 
  • Local Project Manager – Blog The Theatre – European project by Schauspielhaus Graz and Bulandra Theatre
  • Playwright – The Club, Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, Yes We Can’t, The Romanian, Fifty Shades of Green, Dear Viewers
  • Translator – The Position, The Hummingbirds, Everything Will Be Different, Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

Awards

  • 3rd Prize for Scent of a Woman – Blog The Theatre Festival, Graz, Austria
  • Best Male Interpretation Award | Dac-Air | Bucharest Cinemaiubit Film Festival
  • Best Play Relationship Drama Award | The Sunshine Play | London Fringe Report
  • Project Fringe Award | You Can’t Feel It Here | Dublin Fringe Festival

Languages

  • English | fluent    
  • French | medium    
  • Italian and Spanish – beginner 
  • Romanian| native