Born in 1971 in Bucharest, Radu Muntean graduated in 1994 the Theatre and Film Academy in the same city. Since 1996, he has directed over 300 commercials and has won over 40 national and international awards in various advertising festivals. Between 1999-2000 he joined the faculty of the Film Direction Department of Media University in Bucharest. His feature debut, Rage (Furia), was screened in numerous international film festivals and was awarded the Best First Film by The Romanian Filmmakers Union, and Best Photography (Vivi Drăgan Vasile) at the 2003 Transilvania International Film Festival. His second feature, The Paper Will Be Blue, opened at the Locarno Film Festival, to be subsequently presented in more than 50 film festivals throughout the world. It won the Special Mention and the CICAE Award in Sarajevo, as well as the top prize in the Eurasia Film Festival in Antalya, among other awards. In 2008 Radu Muntean has completed his third film, Boogie.

Filmography (Director): 1992 They Are Ours Too (documentary) / 1994 Lindenfeld (documentary) / 1994 She (short) / 1996 The Tragic Love Story of the Two (short) / 1996 Life Is Elsewhere (short) / 2002 Rage / 2006 The Paper Will Be Blue / 2008 Boogie