Radu Jude

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.

Birthday

Mar 28, 1977

Place of birth

Bucarest, Romania

Also known as

Раду Жуде
拉杜·茹德

Credited in

As cast

Caricaturana
As (voice)
I Don't Know
As Himself
COOL (News from Belarus)
As Self (segment "A Belarusian Stork")
Cinemaguerilla
As Self
The Dead Nation
As Himself - Narrator
Dracula
As Tourist

As crew

The Happiest Girl in the World
Role: Director
The Potemkinists
Role: Director
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Role: Producer
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Role: Costume Design
Everybody in Our Family
Role: Director
Everybody in Our Family
Role: Screenplay
Caricaturana
Role: Director
Semiotic Plastic
Role: Director
Greetings from Crîngași
Role: Director
Almanah Cinema
Role: Director
I Don't Know
Role: Director
In The Morning
Role: Director
In The Morning
Role: Writer
Shadow of a Cloud
Role: Director
It Can Pass Through the Wall
Role: Director
Alexandra
Role: Director
Alexandra
Role: Screenplay
Aferim!
Role: Screenplay
Aferim!
Role: Director
The Tube with a Hat
Role: Director
Memories from the Eastern Front
Role: Director
The Rage
Role: Assistant Director
Heia, Heia, Safari!
No picture available
Role: Director
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Role: Director
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Role: Screenplay
COOL (News from Belarus)
Role: Director
A Film for Friends
Role: Director
Scarred Hearts
Role: Screenplay
Scarred Hearts
Role: Director
Lightning
No picture available
Role: Director
It Can Pass Through the Wall
Role: Screenplay
Eight Postcards from Utopia
Role: Director
The Dead Nation
Role: Director
The Dead Nation
Role: Writer
The Happiest Girl in the World
Role: Writer
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
Role: Director
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
Role: Writer
The Potemkinists
Role: Writer
Eight Postcards from Utopia
Role: Writer
Sleep #2
Role: Director
Sleep #2
Role: Writer
Sleep #2
Role: Producer
Dracula
Role: Director
Semiotic Plastic
Role: Writer
The Marshal's Two Executions
Role: Director
Dracula
Role: Writer
A Film for Friends
Role: Writer
Scurt/4: Istorii de inimã neagrã
Role: Director
Alexandra
Role: Producer
It Can Pass Through the Wall
Role: Producer
A Film for Friends
Role: Producer
The Marshal's Two Executions
Role: Screenplay
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Role: Assistant Director
Punish and Discipline
Role: Director
Uppercase Print
Role: Director
The Exit of the Trains
Role: Director
Uppercase Print
Role: Screenplay
The Exit of the Trains
Role: Screenplay
A Fable
Role: Director
The Exit of the Trains
Role: Producer
Dear Intellectuals
Role: Director
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Role: Director
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Role: Screenplay
Kontinental '25
Role: Director
Kontinental '25
Role: Screenplay
Journal d’une femme de chambre
No picture available
Role: Director
Journal d’une femme de chambre
No picture available
Role: Screenplay
Frankenstein in Romania
No picture available
Role: Writer
Frankenstein in Romania
No picture available
Role: Director
Dracula
Role: Co-Producer
Kontinental '25
Role: Co-Producer
Dante’s Paradise
No picture available
Role: Director