 He was one of the pioneers of Romanian cinema and began his career through his participation as assistant director under the German Alfred Hallm, director of "Țigăncușa din iatac" ("The Little Gypsy Girl in the Bedroom").The film, shot on locations such as Mogoșoaia Palace, Pasărea Monastery, and Minovici Vila, was based on a script by Victor Beldiman, in turn written after a novel by Radu Rosseti.It was a Spera-Film Berlin and Rador-Film Bucharest co-production.