Corneliu PORUMBOIU

Director

Country: ROMANIA

Biography

Corneliu Porumboiu was born in 1975 in Vaslui. He studied film at the I.L.Caragiale University in Bucharest and received his degree in 2003. The two short films he directed that same year drew international attention: A Trip to the City (Cinéfondation’s second prize in 2004), followed by Liviu’s Dream. In his first feature film, 12:08 East of Bucharest, Porumboiu offers a very humorous view of Romania’s 1989 revolution. The film was presented in Cannes at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2006 and won the Caméra d’Or. Corneliu Porumboiu carried on subtly combining his work on cinematic form with a dissection of the Romanian society in Police, Adjective, selected for Un Certain Regard in 2009 (Jury Prize and Fipresci Prize).

Films presented in Cannes

2009 - POLITIST, ADJECTIV (POLICE, ADJECTIVE) - Un Certain Regard Director, Screenplay
2006 - A FOST SAU N-A FOST? - Section parallèle Screenplay, Director
2004 - CALATORIE LA ORAS (A TRIP TO THE CITY) - Cinéfondation Director, Screenplay

Awards

2009 - Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard - POLITIST, ADJECTIV (POLICE, ADJECTIVE) - Long métrage
2006 - Caméra d'or - A FOST SAU N-A FOST? - Long métrage
2004 - 2nd Prize - Cinéfondation - CALATORIE LA ORAS (A TRIP TO THE CITY) - Court métrage

Member of the Jury

2011 - Cinéfondation & Short films - Member