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
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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021) — Director
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Aferim! (2015) — Director
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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023) — Director
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I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (2018) — Director
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The Happiest Girl in the World (2009) — Director
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Kontinental '25 (2025) — Director
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Everybody in Our Family (2012) — Director
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The Potemkinists (2022) — Director
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The Tube with a Hat (2006) — Director
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Scarred Hearts (2016) — Director
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Uppercase Print (2020) — Director
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The Marshal's Two Executions (2018) — Director
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Caricaturana (2021) — Director
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Shadow of a Cloud (2013) — Director
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Semiotic Plastic (2021) — Director
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Dracula (2025) — Director
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Eight Postcards from Utopia (2024) — Director
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It Can Pass Through the Wall (2014) — Director
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Alexandra (2006) — Director
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A Film for Friends (2011) — Director
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The Dead Nation (2017) — Director
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I Don't Know (2021) — Director
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The Exit of the Trains (2020) — Director
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In The Morning (2007) — Director
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Memories from the Eastern Front (2022) — Director
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Scurt/4: Istorii de inimã neagrã (2014) — Director
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Punish and Discipline (2019) — Director
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Shot Reverse Shot (2026) — Director
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Greetings from Crîngași (2023) — Director
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Cinema Almanac: Six Short Films by Radu Jude (2022) — Director
- Heia, Heia, Safari! — Director
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COOL (News from Belarus) (2023) — Director
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Lightning (2022) — Director
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Sleep #2 (2026) — Director
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A Fable (2020) — Director
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Dear Intellectuals (2020) — Director
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The Diary of a Chambermaid (2026) — Director
- Frankenstein in Romania — Director
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Trailer for Dante's Paradise (2026) — Director
- Love Diptych — Director
Also appeared in
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Caricaturana (2021) — (voice)
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Dracula (2025) — AI. Judex 0.0 / Phone Camera Tourist
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The Dead Nation (2017) — Himself - Narrator
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I Don't Know (2021) — Self (voice)
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Kulturzeit (1995) — Self
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COOL (News from Belarus) (2023) — Self (segment "A Belarusian Stork")
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Cinemaguerilla (2009) — Self
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Dear Intellectuals (2020) — Narrator (voice)
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The Unknown (2026) — Malia's Father
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Greetings from Crîngași (2023) — Self (voice)
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Can Creativity Save the World? (2024) — Self
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Instead of Trees (2026) — Self