Gábor Tompa (born 8 August 1957 in Târgu Mureș) is an internationally renowned Romanian theater and film director, poet, essayist and teacher.
Caragiale Theatre and Film Academy in Bucharest in 1981 as a student of Liviu Ciulei, Mihai Dimiu, Cătălina Buzoianu, founders of the world-famous Romanian school of stage directing.
He has staged more than 80 plays and produced other 80 in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Serbia, Czech Republic, Canada, South Korea and the U.S. in addition to Romania and Hungary - in English, French, German, Romanian, Hungarian, Catalan and other languages.
He has taught classes and workshops for actors and directors in Spain, the UK, Germany, Hungary, France and South Korea.
[5] Founder in 2007 and artistic director to the present of the biennial Interferences International Theatre Festival in Cluj.