Radu Jude

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.
Cast
Crew

The Happiest Girl in the World
Director, Writer

The Potemkinists
Director, Writer

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Producer, Costume Design, Director, Screenplay

Everybody in Our Family
Screenplay, Director

Caricaturana
Director

Semiotic Plastic
Director, Writer

Greetings from Crîngași
Director

Almanah Cinema
Director

In The Morning
Director, Writer

I Don't Know
Director

Shadow of a Cloud
Director

It Can Pass Through the Wall
Director, Screenplay, Producer

Alexandra
Screenplay, Director, Producer

Aferim!
Screenplay, Director

The Tube with a Hat
Director

Memories from the Eastern Front
Director

The Rage
Assistant Director
Heia, Heia, Safari!
Director

COOL (News from Belarus)
Director

A Film for Friends
Director, Writer, Producer

Scarred Hearts
Director, Screenplay
Lightning
Director

Eight Postcards from Utopia
Director, Writer

The Dead Nation
Director, Writer

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
Director, Writer

Sleep #2
Writer, Producer, Director

Dracula
Director, Writer, Co-Producer

The Marshal's Two Executions
Director, Screenplay

Scurt/4: Istorii de inimã neagrã
Director

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Assistant Director

Punish and Discipline
Director

Uppercase Print
Director, Screenplay

The Exit of the Trains
Director, Screenplay, Producer

A Fable
Director

Dear Intellectuals
Director

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Director, Screenplay

Kontinental '25
Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
Diary of a Chambermaid
Director, Screenplay
Frankenstein in Romania
Writer, Director
Dante’s Paradise
Director
