In 1969 he was appointed as Head of the Cinema and Television section of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Attended the Academy of Fine Arts [today the National University of Arts] in Bucharest, but didn't graduate.
[1958] Won the Grand Prize for Sapte arte (1958) as 'Best Animation Film' at the Tours Film Festival (France).
[1969] Member of the jury at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.
[1977] Member of the jury at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.
[1983] Member of the jury at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.
[1960] Won the Golden Gate Award for Homo sapiens (1960) as 'Best Animated Short' at the San Francisco International Film Festival.