▁screen writer . ▁His ▁first ▁novel , ▁The ▁Life ▁and ▁De eds ▁of ▁E lij ah ▁C az ane , ▁won ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁Writ ers ' ▁Union ▁prize ▁for ▁best ▁debut ▁novel . ▁His ▁second ▁novel , ▁The odos ius ▁the ▁Small , ▁received ▁the ▁EU ▁Prize ▁for ▁Liter ature . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁screen writer , ▁he ▁has ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁numerous ▁Roman ian ▁direct ors ▁including ▁Crist i ▁P ui u , ▁Crist ian ▁M ung iu , ▁Alexand ru ▁Ba ciu , ▁Rad u ▁Mun te an ▁and ▁Constantin ▁Pop es cu . ▁He ▁has ▁written ▁numerous ▁screen plays , ▁including ▁Good s ▁and ▁M oney ▁( 2 0 0 1 ) ▁and ▁N iki ▁Ar de lean , ▁Colonel ▁in ▁Reserve ▁( 2 0 0 1 ), ▁Fe ed ▁for ▁Small ▁F ry ▁( 2 0 0 4 ), ▁Off set ▁( 2 0 0 4 ), ▁The ▁Death ▁of ▁Mr ▁Laz ares cu ▁( 2 0 0 5 ), ▁which ▁were ▁co - written ▁with ▁P ui u , ▁and ▁The ▁P aper ▁Will ▁Be ▁Blue ▁( 2 0 0 5 ), ▁written ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Ba ic u ▁and ▁Mun te an . ▁ ▁R ă d ules cu ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Foreign ▁L anguages ▁and ▁the ▁Music ▁Academy ▁in ▁Buch ar est . ▁His ▁literary ▁debut ▁was ▁a ▁in ▁a ▁group ▁anth ology ▁entitled ▁Family ▁Port rait ▁( 1 9 9 5 ). ▁ ▁R ă d ules cu ▁currently ▁teach es