Radu Jude

Radu Jude

Film director

Visiting Associate Professor

Radu Jude is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. In 2003, he graduated from the Media University of Bucharest (Film Directing Department). Jude worked as an assistant director on Amen. (2002), directed by Costa-Gavras, and The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu (2005), directed by CristiPuiu. He directed several award-winning short films, among them Lampa cu căciulă (2006) – the most successful Romanian short film ever, winner of Grand prizes at Sundance, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Grimstad, Hamburg, Bilbao, Huesca, Trieste, Montpellier, Cottbus, Aspen, IndieLisboa, Brussels, Mediawave, Kraków, Almería, Valencia, Uppsala and many more. Other shorts were selected by top festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, San Francisco, Cottbus and Oberhausen, where Radu Jude won the Grand Prix. Jude directed over 100 advertising commercials.

 

Cea mai fericită fată din lume [The Happiest Girl in the World] (2009), his feature film debut, won the CICAE Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, the FIRESCI Prize at the Sofia International Film Festival, the Prize for Best Screenplay at the Bucharest International Film Festival and the FIPRESCI Prize at Indie Lisboa. The film was selected in the ACID Programme at 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Toatălumea din familia noastră (2012) received the “Heart of Sarajevo” Award and the “Bayard d’Or” in Namur, among other awards. Radu Jude’s acclaimed historical drama Aferim! (2015) premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where he won the Silver Bear award as “Best Director”. Jude won the “Golden Bear” awardat the Berlin International Film Festival in 2021 with the film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Romanian: Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc) at its worldwide premiere. [source: imdb.com]