Radu Jude
Director · Actor · WriterRadu 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.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR9
The Unknown
2026
Malia's father
Dracula
2025
AI. Judex 0.0 / Phone Camera Tourist
COOL (News from Belarus)
2023
Self (segment "A Belarusian Stork")
Greetings from Crîngași
2023
Self (voice)
Caricaturana
2021
(voice)
I Don't Know
2021
Self (voice)
Dear Intellectuals
2020
Narrator (voice)
The Dead Nation
2017
Himself - Narrator
Cinemaguerilla
2009
Self
DIRECTOR44
The Diary of a Chambermaid
2026
Director
Trailer for Dante's Paradise
2026
Director
Shot Reverse Shot
2026
Director
Dracula
2025
Director
Kontinental '25
2025
Director
Little Poems in Prose
2025
Director
Eight Postcards from Utopia
2024
Director
Sleep #2
2024
Director
Greetings from Crîngași
2023
Director
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
2023
Director
COOL (News from Belarus)
2023
Director
The Potemkinists
2022
Director
Cinema Almanac: Six Short Films by Radu Jude
2022
Director
Memories from the Eastern Front
2022
Director
Lightning
2022
Director
Caricaturana
2021
Director
Semiotic Plastic
2021
Director
I Don't Know
2021
Director
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
2021
Director
Uppercase Print
2020
Director
The Exit of the Trains
2020
Director
A Fable
2020
Director
Dear Intellectuals
2020
Director
Punish and Discipline
2019
Director
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2018
Director
The Marshal's Two Executions
2018
Director
The Dead Nation
2017
Director
Scarred Hearts
2016
Director
Aferim!
2015
Director
It Can Pass Through the Wall
2014
Director
Scurt/4: Istorii de inimã neagrã
2014
Director
Shadow of a Cloud
2013
Director
Everybody in Our Family
2012
Director
A Film for Friends
2011
Director
The Happiest Girl in the World
2009
Director
In The Morning
2007
Director
Alexandra
2006
Director
The Tube with a Hat
2006
Director
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
2005
Assistant Director
The Rage
2002
Assistant Director
Amen.
2002
Assistant Director
- Heia, Heia, Safari!
Heia, Heia, Safari!
Director
- Frankenstein in Romania
Frankenstein in Romania
Director
- Love Diptych
Love Diptych
Director
WRITER31
The Diary of a Chambermaid
2026
Screenplay
Shot Reverse Shot
2026
Writer
Dracula
2025
Writer
Kontinental '25
2025
Screenplay
Little Poems in Prose
2025
Writer
Eight Postcards from Utopia
2024
Writer
Sleep #2
2024
Writer
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
2023
Screenplay
The Potemkinists
2022
Writer
Memories from the Eastern Front
2022
Writer
Semiotic Plastic
2021
Writer
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
2021
Screenplay
I Don't Know
2021
Writer
Uppercase Print
2020
Screenplay
The Exit of the Trains
2020
Screenplay
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2018
Writer
The Marshal's Two Executions
2018
Screenplay
The Dead Nation
2017
Writer
Scarred Hearts
2016
Screenplay
Aferim!
2015
Screenplay
It Can Pass Through the Wall
2014
Screenplay
Everybody in Our Family
2012
Screenplay
A Film for Friends
2011
Writer
My Tired Father
2011
Writer
Stanka Goes Home
2010
Writer
The Happiest Girl in the World
2009
Writer
In The Morning
2007
Writer
Alexandra
2006
Screenplay
- Frankenstein in Romania
Frankenstein in Romania
Writer
- Heia, Heia, Safari!
Heia, Heia, Safari!
Screenplay
- Love Diptych
Love Diptych
Screenplay
