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Cristian Mungiu
Iasi, Romania
Cristian Mungiu (Romanian: [kristiˈan munˈdʒi.u]) is a Romanian filmmaker. A figure in the Romanian New Wave, his films usually explore Romania's contemporary society and politics…
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Cristian Mungiu (Romanian: [kristiˈan munˈdʒi.u]) is a Romanian filmmaker. A figure in the Romanian New Wave, his films usually explore Romania's contemporary society and politics. Mungiu is best known for his Palme d'Or–winning films 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Fjord. For Beyond the Hills and Graduation, he won Best Screenplay and Best Director prizes at the 65th and 69th Cannes Film Festivals, respectively. After studying English literature at the University of Iaşi, he worked for a few years as a teacher and as a journalist. After that, he enrolled at the University of Film in Bucharest to study film directing. After graduating in 1998, Mungiu made several short films. In 2002, he debuted with his first feature film, Occident. Occident enjoyed critical success, winning prizes in several film festivals and being featured in Director’s Fortnight at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007 Mungiu wrote and directed his second feature, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. The film was received enthusiastically, attracting critical praise and being selected in the official competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, where it eventually won the coveted Palme d'Or for feature film, marking the first time that prize was awarded to a Romanian filmmaker. Mungiu has said that early Miloš Forman and Robert Altman are important filmmakers who influenced him. He also respects the realism of Bicycle Thieves. Mungiu is the brother of political analyst Alina Mungiu-Pippidi.
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2026
Transit Times
Movie Co-Producer
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2026
Fjord
Movie Director
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2025
Traffic
Movie Writer
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2024
Milky White
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Girasoli
Movie Producer
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2023
Room 999
Movie Self
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2022
The Lost Year 1986
Movie Thanks
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2022
R.M.N.
Movie Producer
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2022
Ruxx
TV show Producer
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2021
The Father Who Moves Mountains
Movie Producer
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2021
La Civil
Movie Co-Producer
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2020
Tuff Money
TV show Producer
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2020
I Am Dorin
Movie Thanks
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2020
Holy Father
Movie Thanks
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2020
Vanity Project
Movie Thanks
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2018
Hackerville
TV show Producer
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2018
Lemonade
Movie Producer
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2018
The Sisters Brothers
Movie Thanks
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2016
6.9 on the Richter Scale
Movie Producer
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2016
Graduation
Movie Producer
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2016
Skugos
Movie Producer
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2012
Beyond the Hills
Movie Director
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2012
Cod rosu
Movie Producer
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2012
Après le silence - Ce qui n'est pas dit n'existe pas
Movie Co-Producer
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2011
Off the Beaten Track
Movie Executive Producer
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2010
Outbound
Movie Story
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2010
Stopover
Movie Writer
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2009
Tales from the Golden Age
Movie Director
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2009
Cinemaguerilla
Movie Self
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2007
From Tulcea to Constanța via Zalău
Movie Producer
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2007
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Movie Producer
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2006
Offset
Movie Associate Producer
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2005
Canton
Movie Writer
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2005
București-Berlin
Movie Writer
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2005
Lost and Found
Movie Director
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2002
Occident
Movie Director
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2000
Zapping
Movie Director
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2000
Nici o întâmplare
Movie Director
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2000
The Firemen's Choir
Movie Director
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1999
Beowulf
Movie Second Assistant Director Trainee
