{{Short description|Romanian film director and actor}} {{more footnotes|date=November 2019}}
'''Jean Georgescu''' (25 February 1904 – 8 April 1994) was a Romanian film director, actor, and screenwriter. Born in Bucharest, Romania (where he also died), he was most notable for directing films including ''In Our Village'' (1951, in collaboration with Victor Iliu).
== Biography == With the support of the operator Nicolae Barbelian, he made his first film, ''Millionaire for a Day''.<ref name="Aarc.ro_2020-05-13">{{Citation| url=http://aarc.ro/articol/patru-operatori-plus| title=Aarc.ro - Totul despre Filmul Romanesc| newspaper=Aarc.ro| access-date=13 May 2020| archive-date=22 April 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422054236/http://aarc.ro/articol/patru-operatori-plus| url-status=dead}}</ref>
He was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit class I (1971) "for special merits in the work of building socialism, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Romanian Communist Party."<ref>Decretul nr. 138 din 20 aprilie 1971 al Consiliului de Stat al Republicii Socialiste România privind conferirea unor ordine ale Republicii Socialiste România, art. 4.</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=509344.html *http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313695/ * [http://www.cinemagia.ro/actor.php?actor_id=3644 Cinemagia - Jean Georgescu] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfPFZyXnmd8#t=171 Un secol de cinema. Maestrii. Jean Georgescu]. Arhiva TVR. * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfg7kUYZz4A Aniversare Jean Georgescu]. Canalul ''All About Romanian Cinema'' * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=317384Qq-KI Omagiu Jean Georgescu]. Universitatea Hyperion
==Biographies (in Romanian)== * [http://www.adevarul.ro/cultura/literar_si_artistic/retro/Va_mai_amintiti_de-_Jean_Georgescu_0_238776484.html Vă mai amintiți de: Jean Georgescu], 6 April 2010, Eliza Zdru, ''Adevărul'' * [http://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/stiri-interne/108-ani-de-la-nasterea-marelui-regizor-jean-georgescu-707644 108 ani de la nașterea marelui regizor Jean Georgescu], 25 februarie 2012, ''Libertatea''
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