Eugen Jebeleanu

Eugen Jebeleanu is a film and theatre director and actor. His works have been programmed at festivals in Romania, Denmark, Germany, Moldova or France, and he has directed plays at the prestigious National Theater in Stuttgart and Opera in Lyon. ‘Poppy Field’ is his first feature film.

After graduating his acting studies at UNATC - Bucharest and the Master of Directing and Dramaturgy in Paris, Eugen Jebeleanu dedicated his activity to directing theatre, opera and, more recently, film.

In 2010, together with the playwright Yann Verburgh, he founded “Company 28”, and later “Cie des Ogres” in 2017, collaborating in the recent years with the most important theatres in the country, including those in Sibiu.

He also directed many shows performed on stages in France and Germany. In 2017, he directed the play ‘Ogres’, a project that was awarded by the Fédération d’Associations de Théâtre Populaire (FATP). For the show ‘Itinerary.

One day, the world will change’ directed in 2019 he received the award for best director at the UNITER Awards Gala.

He collaborated with the Lyon Opera for the play ‘I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky’, by John Adams.

In 2020, he made his debut as a film director with the feature film ‘Poppy Field’, awarded at the TIFF 2021 Festival for Best Director.