Radu Jude is a Romanian film director and screenwriter born in Bucharest in 1977, known for his complex, often political, and anarchic films that explore historical memory, labor, and contemporary society. After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director and gained recognition for award-winning short films before directing his feature debut, The Happiest Girl in the World (2009). His work, which blends fact and fiction, uses found footage and contemporary culture, like TikTok, to offer scathing social commentary, earning him major awards from festivals such as Berlin and Sundance.
The Happiest Girl in the World
(Director)
The Potemkinists
(Director)
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
(Producer)
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
(Costume Design)
Everybody in Our Family
(Director)
Everybody in Our Family
(Screenplay)
Caricaturana
(Director)
Semiotic Plastic
(Director)
Greetings from Crîngași
(Director)
Almanah Cinema
(Director)
I Don't Know
(Director)
In The Morning
(Director)
In The Morning
(Writer)
Shadow of a Cloud
(Director)
It Can Pass Through the Wall
(Director)
Alexandra
(Director)
Alexandra
(Screenplay)
Aferim!
(Screenplay)
Aferim!
(Director)
The Tube with a Hat
(Director)
Memories from the Eastern Front
(Director)
The Rage
(Assistant Director)
Heia, Heia, Safari!
(Director)
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
(Director)
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
(Screenplay)
COOL (News from Belarus)
(Director)
A Film for Friends
(Director)
Scarred Hearts
(Screenplay)
Scarred Hearts
(Director)
Lightning
(Director)
It Can Pass Through the Wall
(Screenplay)
Eight Postcards from Utopia
(Director)
The Dead Nation
(Director)
The Dead Nation
(Writer)
The Happiest Girl in the World
(Writer)
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
(Director)
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
(Writer)
The Potemkinists
(Writer)
Eight Postcards from Utopia
(Writer)
Sleep #2
(Director)
Sleep #2
(Writer)
Sleep #2
(Producer)
Dracula
(Director)
Semiotic Plastic
(Writer)
The Marshal's Two Executions
(Director)
Dracula
(Writer)
A Film for Friends
(Writer)
Scurt/4: Istorii de inimã neagrã
(Director)
Alexandra
(Producer)
It Can Pass Through the Wall
(Producer)
A Film for Friends
(Producer)
The Marshal's Two Executions
(Screenplay)
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
(Assistant Director)
Punish and Discipline
(Director)
Uppercase Print
(Director)
The Exit of the Trains
(Director)
Uppercase Print
(Screenplay)
The Exit of the Trains
(Screenplay)
A Fable
(Director)
The Exit of the Trains
(Producer)
Dear Intellectuals
(Director)
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
(Director)
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
(Screenplay)
Kontinental '25
(Director)
Kontinental '25
(Screenplay)
Journal d’une femme de chambre
(Director)
Journal d’une femme de chambre
(Screenplay)
Frankenstein in Romania
(Writer)
Frankenstein in Romania
(Director)
Dracula
(Co-Producer)
Kontinental '25
(Co-Producer)
Dante’s Paradise
(Director)