Vasile Brescanu was born on July 20, 1940 in Goteshty, Moldavian SSR, USSR [now Gotesti, Moldova]. He was a director and actor, known for Vse uliki protiv nego (1975), Malchishki narod horoshii (1972) and Tunul de lemn (1986). He died on January 3, 2010 in Chisinau, Moldova.