Born in Bucharest in 1958, Radu Mihăileanu studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris and settled in France, working as an assistant director from the mid-1980s. His first feature, Trahir (1993), won the Grand Prix des Amériques at Montreal. Train of Life (1998), a comedy about villagers who organise a fake deportation train to escape the Nazis, won the FIPRESCI prize for best first feature at Venice. Live and Become (2005) won the César for best original screenplay, and The Concert (2009) was nominated for the César for best film and for a Golden Globe. The Source (2011) was in competition at Cannes. He was made an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2014.
Filmography
- Trahir (1993)
- Train of Life (1998)
- Live and Become (2005)
- The Concert (2009)
- The Source (2011)
- The History of Love (2016)