Cristian Mungiu (Romanian: [kristiˈan munˈd͡ʒi.u]; born 27 April 1968; Iași) is a Romanian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days", which he wrote and directed. He has also won the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Director, at the 2012 and 2016 Cannes Film Festivals, for his films "Beyond the Hills" and "Graduation". After studying English literature at the University of Iaşi, he worked for a few years as a teacher and as a journalist. After that, he enrolled at the University of Film in Bucharest to study film directing. After graduating in 1998, Mungiu made several short films. In 2002, he debuted with his first feature film, Occident. Occident enjoyed critical success, winning prizes in several film festivals and being featured in Director’s Fortnight at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007 Mungiu wrote and directed his second feature, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. The film was received enthusiastically, attracting critical praise and being selected in the official competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, where it eventually won the coveted Palme d'Or for feature film, marking the first time that prize was awarded to a Romanian filmmaker. Mungiu has said that early Miloš Forman and Robert Altman are important filmmakers who influenced him. He also respects the realism of Bicycle Thieves, among other famous realistic films. Mungiu is the brother of political analyst Alina Mungiu-Pippidi.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
(Producer)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
(Screenplay)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
(Director)
Occident
(Director)
Tales from the Golden Age
(Director)
Tales from the Golden Age
(Writer)
Tales from the Golden Age
(Producer)
Beyond the Hills
(Director)
Beyond the Hills
(Producer)
Beyond the Hills
(Screenplay)
La Civil
(Co-Producer)
R.M.N.
(Producer)
Mariana
(Director)
Horia Viorel Brief
(Writer)
Mariana
(Writer)
Nici o întâmplare
(Director)
Nici o întâmplare
(Writer)
Horia Viorel Brief
(Director)
Stopover
(Writer)
Après le silence - Ce qui n'est pas dit n'existe pas
(Co-Producer)
Canton
(Writer)
The Hand of Paulista
(Writer)
Cod rosu
(Producer)
Train of Life
(Second Assistant Director)
Teen Knight
(First Assistant Director)
București-Berlin
(Writer)
Offset
(Associate Producer)
Skugos
(Producer)
The Sisters Brothers
(Thanks)
Vanity Project
(Thanks)
Holy Father
(Thanks)
Beowulf
(Second Assistant Director Trainee)
The Lost Year 1986
(Thanks)
The Parrot (Papagajka)
(Thanks)
I Am Dorin
(Thanks)
The Father Who Moves Mountains
(Producer)
Outbound
(Story)
The Hand of Paulista
(Director)
Zapping
(Director)
R.M.N.
(Director)
R.M.N.
(Screenplay)
Occident
(Writer)
Zapping
(Writer)
Lost and Found
(Director)
Lost and Found
(Writer)
Graduation
(Producer)
Graduation
(Director)
Graduation
(Writer)
Off the Beaten Track
(Executive Producer)
The Sisters Brothers
(Associate Producer)
Girasoli
(Producer)
Tales from the Golden Age: The Warsaw Pact
(Writer)
The Incident
(Executive Producer)
The Firemen's Choir
(Director)
Traffic
(Writer)
Transit Times
(Co-Producer)
The Firemen's Choir
(Writer)
Lemonade
(Producer)
From Tulcea to Constanța via Zalău
(Producer)
To the Edge of Sorrow
(Director)
6.9 on the Richter Scale
(Producer)
Ruxx
(Producer)
Tuff Money
(Producer)
Hackerville
(Producer)