MARIA ELENA PEICI is a film and television set designer. She signed the costumes for the films Somewhere in the East by Nicolae Margineanu, The Sleep of the Island by Mircea Veroiu, Divorce out of love by Andrei Blaier, E pericolosso sporgersi by Nae Caranfil, Fox hunting by Stere Gulea, The Tower of Pisa by Serban Marinescu, Dark asylum by Gregory Gieras, The years of Saturday night by Dragos Buliga, the scenography of the films Weekend with my Mother by Stere Gulea, The Hidden Room by Bogdan Dumitrescu Dreyer, The In-Laws by Radu Potcoava.
She created the scenography of the TV shows of PRO TV, such as The Question of the Day with Florin Calinescu, Teo with Teo Trandafir, The Craftsmen with Tociu and Palade, At Ibacka's House with Cabral, or the scenography of the concerts Michel Petrucianni (Live in Bucharest), The Blues Brothers (Rothmans Jazz & Blues Alive) directed by Ducu Darie. He currently teaches at UNATC, Scenography Workshop, film and TV directing classes, as an associate professor, together with Mr. Prof. Univ. Dr. Arch. Gheorghe Balasoiu.
She is a graduate of the N. Grigorescu National University of Arts in Bucharest and holds a doctorate in Cinematography and Media at the I. L. Caragiale University of Theater and Cinematography in Bucharest. She is a laureate of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) with the award for the best film costumes of 1991, for the costumes of the film Somewhere in the East, directed by Nicolae Margineanu.