Biography
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.
Directed 42
2020s
- 2026
Trailer for Dante's "Paradiso"
Director
Shot Reverse Shot
Director
- 2025
Dracula
Director
Little Poems in Prose
Director
Sleep #2
Director
- 2024
Eight Postcards from Utopia
Director
- 2023
Greetings from Crîngași
Director
COOL (News from Belarus)
Director
- 2022
Lightning
Director
Cinema Almanac: Six Short Films by Radu Jude
Director
The Potemkinists
Director
Memories from the Eastern Front
Director
- 2021
Semiotic Plastic
Director
Caricaturana
Director
I Don't Know
Director
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Director
- 2020
The Exit of the Trains
Director
Dear Intellectuals
Director
A Fable
Director
Uppercase Print
Director
2010s
- 2019
Punish and Discipline
Director
- 2018
The Marshal's Two Executions
Director
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
Director
- 2017
The Dead Nation
Director
- 2016
Scarred Hearts
Director
- 2015
Aferim!
Director
- 2014
Scurt/4: Istorii de inimã neagrã
Director
It Can Pass Through the Wall
Director
- 2013
Shadow of a Cloud
Director
- 2012
Everybody in Our Family
Director
- 2011
A Film for Friends
Director
2000s
- 2009
The Happiest Girl in the World
Director
- 2007
In The Morning
Director
- 2006
Alexandra
Director
The Tube with a Hat
Director
- 2005
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Assistant Director
- 2002
The Rage
Assistant Director
No release date
Call a Large Hound Near
Director
Wrote 29
2020s
- 2026
Shot Reverse Shot
Writer
- 2025
Dracula
Screenplay
Little Poems in Prose
Writer
Sleep #2
Writer
- 2024
Eight Postcards from Utopia
Writer
- 2023
- 2022
The Potemkinists
Writer
Memories from the Eastern Front
Writer
- 2021
Semiotic Plastic
Writer
I Don't Know
Writer
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Screenplay
- 2020
The Exit of the Trains
Screenplay
Uppercase Print
Screenplay
2010s
- 2018
The Marshal's Two Executions
Screenplay
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
Writer
- 2017
The Dead Nation
Writer
- 2016
Scarred Hearts
Screenplay
- 2015
Aferim!
Screenplay
- 2014
It Can Pass Through the Wall
Screenplay
- 2012
Everybody in Our Family
Screenplay
- 2011
My Tired Father
Writer
A Film for Friends
Writer
- 2010
Stanka Goes Home
Writer
2000s
- 2009
The Happiest Girl in the World
Writer
- 2007
In The Morning
Writer
- 2006
Alexandra
Screenplay
No release date
Call a Large Hound Near
Screenplay
Produced 9
2020s
- 2025
Dracula
Co-Producer
Little Poems in Prose
Producer
Sleep #2
Producer
- 2023
- 2020
The Exit of the Trains
Producer
2010s
- 2014
It Can Pass Through the Wall
Producer
- 2011
A Film for Friends
Producer
2000s
- 2006
Alexandra
Producer
Acted in 4
2020s
- 2026
Out of Character
Psychoanalyst
The Unknown
Malia's Father
- 2025
Dracula
AI JUDEX 0.0 (voice) (uncredited)
- 2021
Caricaturana
(voice)
Costume and makeup 1
Camera 1
2020s
- 2021
I Don't Know
Director of Photography
Appearances8
2020s
- 2026
Instead of Trees
Self
- 2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
- 2023
Greetings from Crîngași
Self (voice)
COOL (News from Belarus)
Self (segment "A Belarusian Stork")
- 2021
I Don't Know
Self (voice)
- 2020
Dear Intellectuals
Narrator (voice)
2010s
- 2017
The Dead Nation
Himself - Narrator
2000s
- 2009
Cinemaguerilla
Self
Thanked in the credits2
2020s
- 2026
Momo 3000
Thanks
- 2025
Yes
Thanks