Vasile Gociu was born on October 23, 1897 in Burdusaci, Tutova County, Romania. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Turnu-Severin si împrejurimile (1927), Centenarul eliberarii Giurgiului (1929) and Aripi Românesti (1939). He died on November 15, 1950 in Bucharest, Romania.
