Virgil Calotescu

{{short description|Romanian film director}}

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| name = Virgil Calotescu

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|1|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dobroteasa, Romania

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|5|6|1928|1|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bucharest, Romania

| occupation = Film director

| yearsactive = 1952–1987

}}

Virgil Calotescu (16 January 1928 – 6 May 1991) was a Romanian film director.{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemagia.ro/actori/virgil-calotescu-1693/ |title=Virgil Calotescu |accessdate=2012-12-15 |work=cinemagia}} He directed nearly 50 films between 1952 and 1987. His 1967 film The Subterranean was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |accessdate=2012-12-15 |work=MIFF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archive-date=16 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}