Andrei Ujică

A master of the documentary genre, Andrei Ujică was born in 1951 in Timișoara, Romania. He has been active in the film industry since the late 1980s, and is best known for his work in documentary and experimental cinema, with notable films including "Videograms of a Revolution", "Out of the Present", and "The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu". Although not a frequent recipient of major festival awards, Ujică's work is critically acclaimed for its innovative use of archival footage to explore historical and political narratives. Andrei Ujică, a diligent craftsman of the moving image, captures the essence of history through a lens that is both intimate and unflinchingly honest.