 After graduating from the high school, Ulmu enrolls at the Ion Luca Caragiale National University of Theater and Cinematography in Bucharest (IATC), which he graduates in 1978.In the beginning he works as an acting teacher at the Ploiesti Folk Art School, to make a theater directorate in Bucharest and other cities.In 1990 he became a member of the Writers' Union in Romania and in 1995 of UNITER.