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Cristian Mungiu Biography

Birth Name:Cristian Mungiu

Birth Place:Iasi, Romania

Profession Producer, Writer, Director, Assistant director

Awards

  • 2002C.I.C.A.E. Award-: nominated
  • 2002Golden Camera-: nominated
  • 2002SACD Prize-Directors' Fortnight: nominated
  • 2002Audience Award-International Competition: winner
  • 2002Golden Alexander-: nominated
  • 2002Transilvania Trophy-: winner
  • 2003Grand Jury Prize-: winner
  • 2003Prix Meuter-Titra-: winner
  • 2003Grand Prize-: winner
  • 2003FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
  • 2007EDA Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
  • 2007Golden Reel-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2007Cinema Prize of the French National Education System-: winner
  • 2007Palme d'Or-: winner
  • 2007FIPRESCI Prize-Competition: winner
  • 2007Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2007Lino Brocka Award-International Competition: nominated
  • 2007European Film Award-European Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2007European Film Award-European Director: winner
  • 2007European Film Award-European Film: winner
  • 2007Hollywood World Award-: winner
  • 2007ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2007Lux Prize-: nominated
  • 2007LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2007White Elephant-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2007FIPRESCI Film of the Year-: winner
  • 2007Bronze Horse-: winner
  • 2007VVFP Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2008Award of the Argentinean Academy-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
  • 2008Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
  • 2008Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2008César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
  • 2008David-Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea): nominated
  • 2008FCCA Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
  • 2008Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2008Gopo Award-Best Feature Film: winner
  • 2008Gopo Award-Best Directing: winner
  • 2008Gopo Award-Audience Award: winner
  • 2008Gopo Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2008Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): nominated
  • 2008ICS Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
  • 2008ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2008INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
  • 2008Silver Ribbon-Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo): nominated
  • 2008IOMA-Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale): nominated
  • 2008IOMA-Best Picture (Miglior film): nominated
  • 2008IOMA-Best Director (Miglior regia): nominated
  • 2008ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
  • 2008Eagle-Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski): nominated
  • 2008Best Balkan Film-: winner
  • 2009Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
  • 2009Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
  • 2009Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2009Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
  • 2009Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): winner
  • 2009Turia Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2009Grand Prix-: nominated
  • 2010Gopo Award-Audience Award: winner
  • 2010Sun in a Net-Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film): winner
  • 2012Best Screenplay-: winner
  • 2012Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2012Gold Hugo-Best International Feature: nominated
  • 2012European Film Award-European Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2012Grand Prix - Golden Mimosa-Best Film (Najbolji film): winner
  • 2012Grand Prix Asturias-Best Film: nominated
  • 2012Art Cinema Award-: nominated
  • 2012EuroCinema Hawai'i Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2012Best Film-International Competition: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-Balkan Survey: winner
  • 2013DFCC-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013Halfway Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2013Halfway Award-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
  • 2013IOMA-Special Prize for the Best European Film (Premio speciale al miglior film europeo): nominated
  • 2013Festival Prize-Best Film: nominated
  • 2016Best Director-: winner
  • 2016Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2016Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2016Silver Hugo-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2016European University Film Award-: nominated
  • 2016European Film Award-European Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2016European Film Award-European Director: nominated
  • 2016Grand Prix-Best Film: nominated
  • 2016Critics Award-: winner
  • 2016ICS Cannes Award-Prix du Jury: winner
  • 2016Palic Tower-Best Director: winner
  • 2016Golden Barge-Best Film: winner
  • 2017César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
  • 2017EFA People's Choice Award-: nominated
  • 2017Gopo Award-Best Screenplay (Cel mai bun scenariu): nominated
  • 2017Gopo Award-Best Directing (Cea mai buna regie): nominated
  • 2017Gopo Award-Best Feature Film (Cel mai bun film de lung metraj): nominated
  • 2017Jury Prize-Narrative Feature Film Competition: nominated
  • 2017Aurora Award-: nominated
  • 2017FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
  • 2018Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
  • 2018Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2018Gopo Award-Best Feature Film (Cel mai bun film de lung metraj): nominated
  • 2018Magritte Award-Best Foreign Film in Co-Production (Meilleur film étranger en coproduction): nominated
  • 2018NSFC Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
  • 2022Audience Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2022Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2022Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
  • 2022Grand Prix-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2022Cineuropa's Best of Year-Best Film: winner
  • 2022Festival Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2022Best Film Award-Out of Competition: nominated
  • 2022Narrative Feature Competition-: nominated
  • 2022Golden Tower-Best Film: winner
  • 2023George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Film Competition-: nominated
  • 2023East European Flicks Awards - Golden Palacinka-Best Film: nominated
  • 2023East European Flicks Awards - Golden Palacinka-Best Director: winner
  • 2023East European Flicks Awards - Golden Palacinka-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2023Dublin Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2023Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2023Lumiere Award-Best International Coproduction (Meilleure coproduction internationale): nominated
  • 2023Festival Audience Prize-International Feature Competition: nominated
  • 2023The Golden Linden Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2024Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated