Born in 1971, Radu graduated in 1994 the Theater and Film Academy in Bucharest. Since 1996, he has directed over 400 commercials and has won over 40 national and international awards in various advertising festivals. His feature debut, Rage, was screened in numerous international film festivals and was awarded the Best First Film by The Romanian Filmmakers Union, and Best Photography at the 2003 Transilvania International Film Festival. His second feature, The Paper Will Be Blue, opened at the Locarno Film Festival in the International Competition, to be subsequently presented in more than 60 film festivals, won 9 awards and screened in over 40 countries throughout the world. In 2008 Radu Muntean has completed his third film, Boogie.