Art Act

Măniuţiu Mihai Petre - Director

Date and Place of Birth: October 30, 1954, Cluj, Romania

Mobil: +40 721.262.401, +40 741.181.208

Phone: + 40 264 414 101
Fax: + 40 264 414 101

E-mail: am_maniutiu@yahoo.com

Foreign language: English (well written/spoken), French (fluent written/spoken)

Education:

Ph.D. June 2006: National University of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art (UNATC), Bucharest. With the distinction Summa cum laude. Dissertation title: "An Introduction in the Philosophy of the Art of the Actor". Committee: Alexa Visarion, Elisabeta Munteanu, Gheorghe Ceausu.

B.A. June 1978: Theatre and Film Institute Bucharest (IATC), Bucharest. (with Highest Honors, highest GPA nationally: 10 out of 10).

Academic positions:

2007 - Professor, Faculty of Theatre and Television, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj.

1996-2006 Honorary Professor, Theatre Department, Faculty of Letters, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj.

1996 Mentor, Guest Professor, European Directors' School, Leeds, UK.

1991-1996 Associate Professor, Theatre Department, Faculty of Letters, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj (courses taught: directing; acting).

Selected publications, books published:

Theatre Theory:

Despre masca si iluzie ("On Mask and Illusion"), Bucharest: Humanitas, 2007 (138 pages).

Cercul de aur (eseuri teatrale) ("The Golden Round & Other Theatre Essays"), Bucharest: Camil Petrescu Cultural Foundation, 2003 (232 pages).

Act si mimare (eseu despre arta actorului) ("Act and Mimetic Representation: Essay on the Art of the Actor"), Bucharest: Meridiane, 1989 (116 pages).

Actus és utánzás (Hungarian translation), Cluj: Koinónia, 2006 (175 pages).

Cercul de aur (eseuri shakespeariene) ("The Golden Round [A Study on the Theme of Power in Shakespeare's Plays]"), Bucharest: Meridiane, 1989 (215 pages).

Redescoperirea actorului ("Rediscovering the Actor"), Bucharest: Meridiane, 1985 (180 pages).

Fiction:

Povestiri cu umbre ("Stories with Shaddow"), Cluj: Casa Cartii de Stiinta, 2006.

Il rauco suon, Cluj: Casa Cartii de Stiinta, 2006.

Memoriile hingherului ("Memories of the Dog-Hunter"), Cluj: Casa Cartii de Stiinta, 2004.

Spune Scardanelli ("Says Scardanelli"), Cluj: Idea Design & Print, 2001.

Autoportret cu himere ("Self-Portrait with Chimeras"), Bucharest: Allfa, 2001.

Scene intime. Scene de masa, ("Intimate Scenes. Mass Scenes"), Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2001.

Istorii pe care n-am sa le scriu, ("Histories that I Shall Never Write"), Bucharest: Allfa, 1998.

Exorcisme ("Exorcisms"), Cluj: Apostrof, 1996.

Un zeu aproape muritor ("An Almost Mortal God"), Cluj: Dacia, 1982.

Theatre work:

Theatre director, sixty-nine theatre productions directed in Romania and abroad, since 1978.

Authored scenarios and adaptations based on dramatic/literary and non-literary texts (such as interviews, trial files/archives, etc.) for his productions.

Co-authored set design (and, occasionally, choreography and light design) for several of his productions (since 1999).

Productions directed:

2007

The Canticle of the Canticles. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on the text from the Bible. Hungarian Theatre Cluj.

The Jewish Trilogy (The Job Experiment. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on The Book of Job; Shoah:The Primo Levi Version. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on selected interviews with Primo Levi; The Ecclesiast. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on the text from the Bible.) National Theatre in Sibiu, Sibiu International Thaetre Festival.

A Hot Summer on Iza. Music and dance performance, based on a scenario by Mihai Maniutiu. National Theatre in Cluj.

2006

Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles. Hungarian Theatre Cluj.

The Way to Momfa. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on contemporary Romanian poetry. A co-production of the National Theatre in Cluj with the National Theatre in Sibiu and the Museum of Romanian Literature.

The Witnesses or Our Small Stability by Tadeusz Rosewicz. 'Tony Bulandra' Theatre Tirgoviste.

The Forgetting by Georges Banu. A French Cultural Center co-production with the National Theatre in Cluj.

Pheadra's Love by Sarah Kane. 'Ion Slavici' Theatre Arad. Nominated for the Best Production of the year, Best Leading Actress, Best Leading Actor and Best Set Design, UNITER Gala Awards, 2007.

2005

Medea by Euripides. Hungarian Theatre Sfintu Gheorghe.

Woyzeck by Georg Büchner. Hungarian Theatre Cluj.
Awarded Best Director of the Year by Uniter.

The Passangers' Dreams on the Titanic. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu. Tirgoviste Theatre.

The Future is in Eggs by Eugen Ionescu. Theatrum Mundi Bucharest.

Electra. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on Sophocles' Electra and Euripides' Electra. National Theatre in Sibiu.
Awarded Best Director of the Year by the International Association of Theatre Critics, Romanian Section.

Juliet by Visky András. National Theatre in Cluj.

Frenzy for Two by Eugčne Ionesco. 'Sica Alexandrescu' Theatre, Brasov.

2004

Electra. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on Sophocles's Electra and Euripides' Electra. Oradea State Theatre.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Gustave Flaubert. 'Tony Bulandra' Theatre Tirgoviste.

I, Rodin by Patrick Roegiers. National Theatre in Sibiu.

The Persians by Aeschylus. National Theatre in Sibiu.

Shoah:The Primo Levi Version. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on selected interviews with Primo Levi. Oradea State Theatre.

2003

The Job Experiment. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on The Book of Job. National Theatre Sibiu.
Awarded Best Director of the Year, UNITER Gala Awards.

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. Hungarian Theatre in Cluj.
Awarded Best Director of the Year, UNITER Gala Awards.

16 Lessons on the Disasters of Carnal Love. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu. 'Oleg Danovski' Ballet Theatre Constanta.

Alcestis by Euripides. National Theatre in Cluj.

The Bacchae by Euripides. 'Tony Bulandra' Theatre, Tirgoviste.

2002

The Pearl Fishers (opera) by Georges Bizet. National Opera, Bucharest.

The Intruder by Maurice Maeterlinck. Oradea State Theatre.

Master Leonida Facing the Reactionaries by I. L. Caragiale. Odeon Theatre, Bucharest.

At The Very Same Time by Gellu Naum. National Theatre in Cluj.
Awarded Best Director of the Year, UNITER Gala Awards.

2001

The Forgetting by Georges Banu. National Theatre in Cluj.

2000

Zoon Erotikon. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on D. H. Lawrence's essays. Bulandra Theatre, Bucharest.

The Taming of the Shrew by W. Shakespeare. A Smart MediaPro Pictures co-production with Bulandra Theatre, Bucharest..

1999

Genosse Frankenstein, Unser geliebter Führer! Original scenario by Mihai Maniutiu, for Weimar, Cultural Capital of Europe 1999. A Weimar Cultural Capital of Europe co-production with the Odeon Theatre Bucharest and the Act Theatre Bucharest.

Joan of Arc. Pages of a File. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on the transcripts of the heroine's trial. A Smart MediaPro Pictures co-production with the National Theatre in Bucharest.

1998

Richard II by W. Shakespeare. A Smart co-production with the National Theatre in Bucharest.
Awarded Best Director, UNITER Gala Awards.
Awarded Best Director of the Year by Flacara magazine.

The City of the Sun. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on Tomasso Campanella's essay. Act Theatre, Bucharest.

A Wild Night by I. L. Caragiale. A Smart co-production with the Odeon Theatre Bucharest.

Timon of Athens by W. Shakespeare. National Theatre in Craiova.
Awarded Best Production, Shakespeare Festival, Gdansk, 1999.

1997

The Portuguese Nun's Letters. Scenario by Anca Maniutiu based on Mariana Alcoforado's Letters. Piatra Neamtz Theatre.

The Wedding. Scenario by Mihai Maniutiu based on excerpts from the Book of Genesis. National Theatre in Cluj.

The Bacchae by Euripides. National Theatre in Bucharest.

1996

Caligula by A. Camus. Bulandra Theatre, Bucharest.

Antigone by Sophocles. Piatra Neamtz Theatre.

1995

The Taming of the Shrew by W. Shakespeare. Leicester Haymarket, UK.

Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot. An Art-Inter Odeon co-production with the National Theatre of Cluj. Almeida Theatre, London.

1994

The Illuminated Week by Mihail Saulescu. National Theatre in Cluj.

1993

Richard III by W. Shakespeare. Odeon Theatre, Bucharest.
Awarded Best Production of the Year, UNITER Gala Awards.
Nominated for Best Shakespeare Production Touring in the UK by the TMA Awards, UK.

The Lesson by Eugčne Ionesco. Charleroi, Belgium, Théâtre de l'Ancre.

1992

Troubled Waters by Lucian Blaga. National Theatre in Cluj.

We Have Laughed Enough. Scenario based on I.L. Caragiale's texts. National Theatre in Cluj.

Comedies by Tchekhov. Odeon Theatre, Bucharest.

1991

Outside in front of the Door by W. Borchert. Bulandra Theatre, Bucharest.

The Lesson by Eugčne Ionesco. National Theatre in Cluj.
Awarded for Originality, International Association of Theatre Critics, Romanian section.

The Women Assembly by Aristophanus. National Theatre in Cluj.

1988

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Moličre. National Theatre in Cluj.

Anthony and Cleopatra by W. Shakespeare. National Theatre in Cluj.

1987

The Secret of Don Giovanni (opera) by Cornel Taranu. National Opera in Cluj.

Arden of Faversham. National Theatre in Cluj.

1986

Classified Ad by Alexandru Sever. National Theatre in Cluj.

The Taming of the Shrew by W. Shakespeare. National Theatre in Cluj.

1985

Stary Sky Above Us by Ecaterina Oproiu. National Theatre in Cluj.

The Man with the Jade by G. Ciprian. National Theatre in Cluj.

Happy Days by Samuel Beckett. Bulandra Theatre Bucharest.

1984

Life is a Dream by Calderón de la Barca. National Theatre in Cluj.

1982

Behind the Closed Doors by Jean-Paul Sartre. National Theatre in Cluj.
Awarded Best Production by magazine Tribuna.

Macbeth by W. Shakespeare. National Theatre in Cluj.

1981

Bed & Breakfast "Hope" by Alex. Caprariu. National Theatre in Cluj.

1980

The Labyrinth by Fernando Arrabal. National Theatre in Cluj.

1979

The Persians by Aeschylus. National Theatre in Cluj

Outside in front of the Door by W. Borchert. National Theatre in Cluj.

1978

The Emigrants by Slawomir Mroek. National Theatre in Cluj.

1977

Oedipus Saved by Radu Stanca. Cassandra Theatre, Bucharest.

Scenarios:

2006

The Way to Momfa. Scenario based on contemporary Romanian poetry.

The Forgetting. Scenario based on Georges Banu's The Forgetting.

2005

The Passangers' Dreams on the Titanic. Original scenario.

Electra (National Theatre Sibiu). Scenario based on Sophocles' Electra and Euripides' Electra.

2004

Electra (Oradea Theatre). Scenario based on Sophocles's and Euripides' Electra(s).

Shoah:The Primo Levi Version. Scenario based on selected interviews with Primo Levi.

2003

The Job Experiment. Scenario based on The Book of Job (Old Testament).

16 Lessons on the Disasters of Carnal Love. Original scenario.

2001

The Forgetting. Scenario based on Georges Banu's The Forgetting.

2000

Zoon Erotikon. Scenario based on D. H. Lawrence's essays

1999

Genosse Frankenstein, Unser geliebter Führer! Original scenario commissioned by Weimar, Cultural Capital of Europe 1999.

Joan of Arc. Pages of a File. Scenario based on the transcripts of Joan of Arc's trial.

1998

The City of the Sun. Scenario based on Tomasso Campanella's essay.

1997

The Wedding. Scenario based on excerpts from the Book of Genesis.

1992

We Have Laughed Enough. Scenario based on I.L. Caragiale's texts.

Adaptations:

2006

The Witnesses or Our Small Stability by Tadeusz Rosewicz.

2005

Medea by Euripides.

Woyzeck by Georg Büchner.

2004

The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Gustave Flaubert.

2003

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.

2002

The Intruder by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Set design:

In the last several years, co-authored set design (and, occasionally, choreography and light design) for several of his productions.

2004

Electra (Oradea Theatre).
Set design co-signed with Cristian Rusu.

I, Rodin by Patrick Roegiers.
Set design co-signed with Iuliana Vilsan.

The Persians by Aeschylus.
Set design co-signed with Cristian Rusu.

2003

The Job Experiment.
Set design co-signed with Cristian Rusu.

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.
Set design co-signed with Cristian Rusu.

16 Lessons on the Disasters of Carnal Love.
Set design and light design.

Alcestis by Euripides.
Set design co-signed with Cristian Rusu.

The Bacchae by Euripides.
Set design co-signed with Valentin Codoiu.

2002

The Pearl Fishers (opera) by Georges Bizet.
Set design co-signed with Catalin Arbore.

1999

Genosse Frankenstein, Unser geliebter Führer! Weimar, Cultural Capital of Europe.
Set and costume design, choreography, and light design.

Work in television:

Guest Director: "P(r)oezia". A one-year daily broadcast, staged poetry TV program, on the works of Mihai Eminescu (generally acknowledged as Romania's "national" poet). ProTV, 2000.

Television broadcasting of his theatre productions

TV recordings of nine of his productions have been broadcast (complete production) on national and international TV channels, several of them multiple times:

International TV Broadcast

1999

Genosse Frankenstein, Unser geliebter Fuhrer!, ZDF, Germany
3Sat, Germany

2004

The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus (2003), Duna TV, Hungary

Romanian television channels:

2005

Electra (2004), TVR 1 (subsequently re-broadcast seven times)

I, Rodin (2004), TVR 1 (subsequently re-broadcast five times)

Bacchae (1997), TVR 1

2003

At the Very Same Time (2002), TVR 1 (several times)

2000

Joan of Arc: Pages of a File (1999), ProTv (re-broadcast subsequently 2001, 2002, 2003)

1999

A Wild Night, 1998 ProTv

Genosse Frankenstein, Unser geliebter Fuhrer! ProTV (twice)

1990

Anthony and Cleopatra, 1988 TVR (re-broadcast 2000, 20005)

Invited lectures (selected):

Recent invited lectures include:

"Beyond the Curtain", invited lecture, Inter-Arte & Swiss Cultural Programme, National Museum of Art Cluj, July 13, 2006.

Round table "European Theatre Today: a Dialogue between Mihai Maniutiu, Silviu Purcarete, and Alexandru Dabija," Sibiu International Theatre Festival, 2005.

"On Grotowski's 'Towards a Poor Theatre'", Jerzy Grotowski International Workshop, Bucharest, 1999 (keynote address; panel discussions).

Guest lectures at the University of Bucharest, Department of Letters, and the English Department, on contemporary theatre; theatre in a time of transition, cultural policies, Shakespeare productions, Greek tragedy.

Other: frequent platform discusions with critics and audiences following premieres and numerous press conferences, round tables, and panel sessions on contemporary theatre, the reform of Romanian theatre system, Shakespeare, and Greek tragedy.

Workshops (selections):

2006

"Love and Theatre of Cruelty in Sarah Kane's Theatre," Arad Theatre, September 3-5.

2004

Voice/dance/movement in Ancient Greek tragedy, two days workshop, Oradea State Theatre (2003); National Theatre Sibiu (2004).

1998

Dance-Theatre, one week workshop for actors and students, National Theatre Bucharest.

Shakespeare Workshop (The Tempest). Copenhagen, Danemarca.

1996

One week workshop for young international directors. Mentor, European Direcors' School, Leeds, UK.

1995

Two months voice and movement training workshop with a group of twelve acting students of the Theatre Department, University of Cluj. National Theatre in Cluj.

1994

"Mask(s)", workshop on theatrical usages of traditional masks, National Theatre in Cluj.

1993

Six month extensive training workshop with a group of twenty-four students of the Theatre Academy Bucharest, Odeon Theatre, Bucharest.

Work in progress: directing

Sarah Kane's Phaedra's Love, Arad Theatre (September 2006)

Shoah: Primo Levi Version (new version), National Theatre in Sibiu (October 2006)

A production on Torture, Theatrum Mundi, Bucharest (November 2006)

Canticles (Song of Solomon), Jewish Theatre Bucharest (January 2007)

Honors and awards:

2006

Received his PhD from the National University of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art (UNATC), Bucharest. With the distinction Summa cum laude.
Committee: Alexa Visarion, Elisabeta Munteanu, Gheorghe Ceausu.

Annual stipend-supported title for merit in directing ("Salariu de merit") awarded by the National Theatre in Cluj.

2005

Annual stipend-supported title for merit in directing ("Salariu de merit") awarded by the National Theatre in Cluj.

2004

Annual stipend-supported title for merit in directing ("Salariu de merit") awarded by the National Theatre in Cluj.

2000

Grant from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in Romania, residence at the International Theatre Festival d'Avignon, France.

1992

Grant from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in Romania, residence at the International Theatre Festival "Printemps des commediens," Montpellier, France.

1990

Participant in the International Visitor Program of the United States Information Agency (one month).

1978

Received B.A. with Highest Honors from the Theatre and Film Institute Bucharest.

Honors and awards for theatre productions directed include (selection):

2006

Best Guest Director of the Year, the "Vlad Mugur" Award from the Hungarian Theatre Cluj.

2005

Best Theatre Production of the Year, UNITER Gala Awards, for Woyzeck by G. Buchner, Hungarian Theatre Cluj.

Best Director of the Year, the International Association of Theatre Critics, Romanian Section

Awarded "for Excellence in Theatre" by Cuvintul cultural magazine.

2003

Best Director of the Year, UNITER Gala Awards, for The Job Experiment, National Theatre "Radu Stanca" Sibiu, and The Tragical History of Dr.Faustus, Hungarian Theatre Cluj.

2002

Best Director of the Year, UNITER Gala Awards, for At the Very Same Time by Gellu Naum, Teatrul National Cluj.

2000

Romanian Cultural Foundation's Award "Interferente" for his "Exceptional Contribution to the International Renown of Romanian Theatre".

1998

Best Director of the Year, UNITER Gala Awards, for Richard II by Shakespeare, A National Theatre in Bucharest co-production with Smart MediaPro Pictures.

Awarded Best Director of the Year by Flacara cultural magazine.

1995

Best Production Award (Antigone), International Theatre Festival, Piatra Neamt.

1994

Best Production Award (Illuminated Week), International Theatre Festival, Brasov.

1993

Best Production of the Year, UNITER Gala Awards, for Shakespeare's Richard III.

Best Production Award and the Trophy of the City of Bucharest for Richard III, "I. L. Caragiale" National Theatre Festival.

1991

Best Director of the Year, International Association of Theatre Critics, Romanian Section.

Professional membership:

Member UNITER, Romanian Theatre Union, since it was founded (1990).

Member, Romanian Writers' Union, since 1990.

Member, NOROC British-Romanian Theatre Exchange Programme, 1990-1997.

Teaching areas: B.A., M.F.A. :

Directing

Acting (for theatre)

Workshops leading to performances

Co-teach dance-theater (with a choreographer)

A more detailed list includes:
- Space/concept in directing
- Improvisation
- Dramatic monologue
- From subjective mood to scenic circumstance
- Non-verbal & extra-textual theatre action, starting from dramatic textual analysis
- Character analysis (character construction & deconstruction)
- Tragedy, especially Ancient Greek, Shakespeare, and European Modern

Professional experience:

Directed sixty-nine theatre productions in Romania and abroad. (A detailed list of these productions is included under the section "Theater Work".)

2006

Directed four productions (Hungarian Theatre Cluj; Tirgoviste Theatre; National Theatres Cluj & Sibiu, co-production; French Cultural Institute & National Theatre Cluj, co-production).

Work-in-progress: three productions (Jewish Theatre Bucharest, Arad State Theatre, Theatrum Mundi Bucharest).

Honorary Professor, Faculty of Theatre and Television, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj: course taught (one semester): "Contemporary Theatre. Practical Course in Directing".

Sarah Kane workshop, Arad.

Director of Programs, National Theatre in Cluj:
co-responsible, with the theatre's general director, create the artistic direction for the National's development (short-term, long-term)
responsibilities in selecting/building the theatre's repertoire
inviting (with the general director of the National) national & international directors and their artistic teams to work at the National
conceiving & implementing first steps of international collaborative projects
identifying partners for national and international co-productions
identifying further training opportunities (workshops, etc.) for the theatre's artistic employees
creating the context for further training opportunities for the theatre's technical crew
co-organiser, National Annual Colloquium of Theatre Critics (October/November)

Lisbon tour with Electra, International Festival MITE, Portugal.

Hungary tour with Woyzeck to Pecs, Hungary; Budapest, Hungary

International Theatre Festival of Turkey, tour with The Bacchae.

2005

Directed seven productions (Hungarian Theatre Sfintu Gheorghe; Hungarian Theatre in Cluj; Theatrum Mundi; Tirgoviste Theatre; National Theatre in Sibiu; National Theatre in Cluj; Brasov Theatre).

Honorary Professor, Faculty of Theatre and Television, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj.

Electra tours to Seul, South Coreea; Florence, Italy (Fabrica Europa); Limoges (France); Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Tour with I, Rodin to Maaseik, Belgium.

Director of Programs, National Theatre in Cluj.

TVR1 (Romania) broadcast of I, Rodin (subsequently re-broadcast five times).

TVR1 (Romania) broadcast of Electra (subsequently re-broadcast seven times).

TVR1 (Romania) broadcast of The Bacchae.

2004

Directed five productions (National Theatre in Sibiu, twice; Tirgoviste Theatre; Oradea State Theatre, twice).

Workshop (voice and movement) National Theatre Sibiu.

Tour with Dr Faustus to Budapest, Hungary.

DunaTV (Hungary) broadcast of Dr Faustus.

Initiator and organiser, National Annual Colloquim of Theatre Critics.

2003

Directed five productions ('Oleg Danovski' Ballet Theatre Constanta; National Theatre in Sibiu; Hungarian Theatre in Cluj; Tirgoviste Theatre; National Theatre in Cluj).

Movement workshops for young performers in the theatres where he directs.

TVR1 (Romania) broadcast of At the Very Same Time.

Job Experiment tour to Tel Aviv, Israel.

2002

Directed four productions (National Opera Bucharest; Oradea Theatre; National Theatre in Cluj; National Theatre in Bucharest; Odeon Bucharest).

2001

Directed one production (National Theatre Cluj).

Workshops (movement; space and movement; performer-audience relationships; dance/text).

2000

Directed two productions (Bulandra Theatre Bucharest; a Smart MediaPro Pictures coproduction with Bulandra Theatre Bucharest).

Guest director, P(r)oezia TV daily program, ProTV.

Joan of Arc tours to Klangbogen Festival, Vienne (Austria); Varna International Theatre Festival (Bulgaria); Jean Vilar Theatre, Vitry sur Seine (France); International Theatre Festival Grenoble (France).

ProTV (Romania) broadcast of Joan of Arc.

1999

Directed two productions (Weimar Cultural Capital of Europe co-production with Odeon Theatre Bucharest and Act Theatre: scenario, direction, scenography, choreography, light design, musical arrangement; and a Smart MediaPro Pictures co-production with the National Theatre in Bucharest).

Training sessions for young performers, Act Theatre, Bucharest.

ZDF and 3Sat TV (Germany) broadcast (twice) of Frankenstein.

ProTV (Romania) broadcast (twice) of A Wild Night.

ProTV (Romania) broadcast (twice) of Frankenstein.

1998

Co-founder of the ACT theatre, Romania's first independent theatre.

Directed the opening production of Romania's first independent theatre, and other three productions (a Smart MediaPro Pictures co-production with the National Theatre in Bucharest; a Smart MediaPro Pictures co-production with the Odeon Theatre Bucharest; National Theatre in Craiova).

Workshop (dance theatre) National Theatre in Bucharest.

Workshop (Shakespeare) Copenhagen, Danemark.

ProTV (Romania) broadcast of The Making of Richard II.

1997

Directed three productions (National Theatre in Bucharest; Piatra Neamtz Theatre; National Theatre Cluj).

Honorary Professor, Theatre Department, Faculty of Letters, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj.

1996

Mentor, Guest Professor, European Directors' School, Leeds, UK.

Honorary Professor, Theatre Department, Faculty of Letters, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj.

Directed two productions (Bulandra Theatre Bucharest; Piatra Neamtz Theatre).

1995

Directed two productions (Leicester Haymarket, UK; An Art-Inter Odeon co-production with the National Theatre in Cluj).

Voice and movement training workshop University of Cluj - National Theatre in Cluj.

Associate Professor (Directing and Acting), Theatre Department, Faculty of Letters, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj, mentor for the directing section.

The Lesson tour to Budapest, Hungary.

Almeida Theatre, London, Murder in the Cathedral tour (two weeks).

1994

Richard III UK tour (Manchester Cultural Capital of Europe; Leicester; Brighton), 1994.

Directed one production (National Theatre in Cluj).

Associate Professor (Directing and Acting), Theatre Department, Faculty of Letters, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj, mentor for the directing section.

Workshop (masks) National Theatre in Cluj.

Co-founder, Art-Inter Odeon Foundation (cultural foundation, theatre production house).

Illuminated Week tour in Findland, Austria, Egypt.

1993

Directed two productions (Odeon Theatre Bucharest; Théâtre de l'Ancre Charleroi, Belgium).

Associate Professor (Directing and Acting), Theatre Department, Faculty of Letters, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj, mentor for the directing section.

Workshop (movement/coordination) with students of the Theatre Academy Bucharest, Odeon Theatre Bucharest.

UK tour with The Lesson.

1992

Directed two productions (National Theatre in Cluj, twice; Odeon Theatre Bucharest)

Associate Professor (Directing and Acting), Theatre Department, Faculty of Letters, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj, mentor for the directing section.

Lesson tour to Montpellier, "Printemps des Comediens" Festival, France.

1991-1995

Mentor for the Directing Section of the Theatre Department, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj.

1991

Co-founder, with Ion Vartic and Marian Papahagi, of the Theatre Department of the "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj.

Associate Professor (Directing and Acting), Theatre Department, Faculty of Letters, "Babes-Bolyai" University Cluj.

Directed three productions (National Theatre in Cluj, twice; Bulandra Theatre Bucharest).

Brasil tour, Outside in front of the Door, Biennale of Sao Paulo.

1990

International Visitor Program of the United States Information Agency, participant.

TVR (Romania) broadcast (twice) of Anthony and Cleopatra.

1978-1989

Between 1978-1989, directs one or two productions a year (except for 1989, when he directs none), mainly at the National in Cluj, where he has been employed since graduating the Theatre Academy, in 1978.

International tours include:

»	Electra	Lisbon, International Festival MITE, Portugal, 2006 Seul, South Coreea, 2005 Florence, Fabrica Europa, Italy, 2005 Limoges, France, 2005 Sarajevo, Bosnia, 2005

»	Woyzeck	Pecs, Hungary, 2006 Budapest, Hungary, 2006

»	The Bacchae	International Theatre Festival of Turkey, 2006.

»	I, Rodin	Maaseik, Belgium, 2005.

»	The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus	Budapest, Hungary, 2004.

»	The Job Experiment	Tel Aviv, Israel, 2003.

»	Joan of Arc. Pages of a File	Austria, Vienne, Klangbogen Festival, 2000. Varna, International Theatre Festival, 2000. Jean Vilar Theatre, Vitry sur Seine, France, 2000. International Theatre Festival Grenoble, 2000.

»	Genosse Frankenstein,Unser geliebter Führer!	Germany, Weimar, Cultural Capital of Europe 1999.

»	The Wedding	Theatre Universitare de Nantes, France, 1997.

»	Murder in the Cathedral	London, Almeida Theatre, U.K., 1995.

»	The Illuminated Week	Theatre Universitare de Nantes, France, 1996. Austria, Graz International Festival, 1994. Finland, Tampere International Festival, 1994. International Festival of Experimental Theatre Egypt, 1994.

»	Richard III	UK tour (Manchester, Leicester, Brighton), 1994.

»	The Lesson	Budapest, Hungary, 1995. U.K., Manchester, Glasgow, 1993. Montpellier, "Printemps des Comediens" Festival, 1992.

»	Outside in front of the Door	Brasil, Biennale of Sao Paulo, 1991.

»	Oedipus Saved	UK, International Youth Theatre Festival, Cardiff, 1977. UK, International Youth Theatre Festival, Durham, 1978.

Books dedicated to his theatre works:

Mihailescu, Dan C. Dancing on Ruins. English trans. Cipriana Petre, French trans. Marily Le Nir. Cluj: Idea Design & Print, 2006: 84 pages.

Petre-Mateescu, Cipriana. Maniutiu. Spectacles en images. Theatre Images. Imagini de spectacol. English trans. Cipriana Petre, French trans. Anca Maniutiu. Cluj: Idea Design & Print, 2002: 135 pages.

Petre, Cipriana, ed. The Trilogy of the Double. Three Romanian Productions by Mihai Maniutiu. Trans. Cipriana Petre &Brenda Walker. Bucharest: Unitext, 1997: 80 pages.

A detailed list of citations and references to his works in books and dictionaries is enclosed, alongside with a selected list of reviews of his productions, books authored, and interviews.

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