Mihaileanu, Radu

(April 23, 1958, Bucharest, Romania-)

   The son of a communist Jewish Romanian journalist, he fled Ceaucescu's dictatorship and took refuge in 1980 in Paris, where he studied directing and film editing at the IDHEC (1983). In 1984, he created his own production company, Blimp Productions, which financed his first shorts. He completed his appren­ticeship as an assistant editor (1984 Un Amour de Swann / Eine Liebe von Swann / UK: A Love of Swann / USA: Swann in Love, Volker Schlôndorff, France / West Germany) and assistant director (1985 A View to a Kill, stunt unit, John Glenn, UK / USA; 1986 I Love You, Marco Ferreri; 1988 Ya bon les Blancs / Come sono buoni i bianchi / Los Negros también comen, Marco Ferreri, France / Italy / Spain; Les Saisons du Plaisir, Jean-Pierre Mocky; El sueno del mono loco / El mono loco / Le Rêve du Singe fou / USA: The Mad Monkey / Twisted Obsession, Fernando Trueba, Spain / France; Un Week-End sur Deux / UK and USA: Every Other Weekend, Nicole Garcia; 1992 Le Retour de Casanova, Edouard Niermans; Maigret et la Nuit du Carrefour / USA: Night at the Crossroads, Alain Tasma, Bertrand Van Effenterre). He published a collection of poems (Une Vague en Mal de Mer, Editions Caractères, 1987) and a novel (Va, vis et deviens, Editions Grasset, 2005). Other credit (as co-screenwriter, co-adapter): 1989 Le Banquet / Il banchetto di Platone (Marco Ferreri, France / Italy).

 Filmography

1983 ◘ Happy End (short)

        ◘ Naissance de Blimp (short; also screenwriter, actor)

        ◘ Le Voyour (short; also screenwriter)

1989 ◘ Mensonge d'un Clochard (short; also screenwriter)

1993 ◘ Trahir / Traidor / A trada (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Spain / Romania)

1998 ◘ Train de Vie / Trenul vietii / USA: Train of Life (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Belgium / Netherlands / Israel / Romania)

2005 ◘ Va, vis et deviens / Vai e vivrai / Go, See and Be­come / UK and Canada: Live and Become (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer; France / Belgium / Israel / Italy)

 Television Filmography

2002 ◘ Les Pygmées de Carlo (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)