Background
Mircea Dumitrescu was born in Dumitrești, Vrancea County to Elena Şisman and Victor Dumitrescu (a physician), but he was brought up in BuzăUniversity His father, Victor Dumitrescu, served at the "Carol I" Hospital in Dumitrești.
Mircea Dumitrescu was born in Dumitrești, Vrancea County to Elena Şisman and Victor Dumitrescu (a physician), but he was brought up in BuzăUniversity His father, Victor Dumitrescu, served at the "Carol I" Hospital in Dumitrești.
Between 1934 and 1946, he studied in Buzău and Craiova (Liceul militar „Dimitrie A Sturdza”), but Dumitrescu completed his high school just in the 1960s. He graduated from University of Bucharest and worked for Student"s Culture House in Bucharest (1970–2005).
He was known especially for his cinematography course accompanied by screenings in the main university cities in Romania. After 1970, he supported a cinematography course (focused on the history, theory and aesthetics of film) accompanied by screenings in the main university cities in Romania: Bucharest, Iaşi, Târgu Mureş, Cluj-Napoca, Timişoara, Craiova, Braşov. After 1992, he wrote articles, reviews, and film essays for: "Tribuna" (Cluj-Napoca), "Timpul" (Iaşi), "Tribuna Ardealului" (Cluj-Napoca), "Alternativa" (Braşov), "Monitorul" (Iaşi), "Util Expres" (Braşov), "Transilvania Expres" (Braşov), "Argument" (Cluj-Napoca), "Cuvântul libertăţii" (Craiova), "Jurnal de Mureş" (Târgu Mureş), "Monitorul de Suceava" (Suceava), "Jurnal de Vrancea" (Focşani), "Biserica şi problemele vremi" (Iaşi), "Tex–Caleidoscop" (Braşov), "Transilvania Jurnal" (Braşov), "Ideea creştină" (Iaşi), "Adevărul de Cluj" (Cluj-Napoca), "Gazeta de Transilvania" (Braşov), "Cotidianul – Week-end" (Bucharest), Revista Respiro (wwwrevistarespirocom).
Mircea Dumitrescu collaborated with television stations TVS Holding (Braşov) and Europa Nova (Iaşi).
In 2001, his book of essays, "Istoria cinematografiei universale," was published by Noesis editor Remus Cernea.
Mircea Dumitrescu was a member of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (1993). Dumitrescu was a member of "Asociaţia Ziariştilor Români" after 1994.