Romanian director, producer, and actor. He was born in Iași, Romania. He studied English literature at the Alexandru Ioan Cusa University in Iaşi and filmmaking at the University of Film in Bucharest and began his artistic career in the mid-1990s. He worked as a teacher, journalist, and assistant director until he directed his first feature film, Occident (2002). Then he directed several works such as Tales from the Golden Age (2009), Graduation (2016), and Beyond the Hills (2012).