Cristian Nemescu was born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1979. He graduated from the Film Directing Department of the Academy for Theater and Film in Bucharest in 2003.  His graduation short movie, C-Block Story won the Best Movie Award at the NYU International Student Film Festival and the European Short Film Award at the Angers European First Film Festival. California Dreamin’ is Nemescu’s only feature film. As he died in a car accident before fully completing its editing, the movie was subtitled “endless.” It has won many prestigious prizes such as Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival, the Iris Award, the Audience Award, and the TV Canvas Award at the European Film Festival in Brussels.

Filmography

2007  California Dreamin’
2006  Marilena from P7
2003  C Block Story, (short)
2001  Mihai and Cristina, (short)
2001  Mecano, (short)
2000  People Living in Apartments Are Crazy about Music, (short)
2000  Kitsch Witches, 2 FM, (documentary)