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 awardwinning 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