He studies literature in Timisoara, Bucharest and Heidelberg. Publishes essays, poetry and prose. Collaborates, together with Serban Foarta, to the writing of well known Phoenix band’s songs´ lyrics. In 1981 he leaves Romania for Germany where he teaches literature, film and mass- media theory. In 1990 he decides to dedicate his work to film making. His first will be Videograms of a Revolution (1992), co-directed with Harun Farocki, that will become a landmark for the topic of the relation between political power and mass-media in Europe, at the end of the Cold War. His second film, Severed From the Present (1995) that tells the story of astronaut Sergei Krikalev who spent ten months aboard the orbital station Mir, while on planet Earth the Soviet Union lived its last days. This film is compared to classical titles in the film’s history such as 2001, A Space Odissey or Solaris and is considered as a film symbol of the non fiction category of the 90ies. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu closes the trilogy dedicated to the end of communism.
Starting 2001 Ujica is a professor of film at the National University in Karlsruhe and since 2002 he is the director of the ZKM Film Institute. He makes two other projects for the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art: 2 Pasolini (short length film) and Quantity Unknown with Paul Virilio and Svetlana Alexievitch (2002 / cinema version, 2005).
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Bergen | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu | Best Documentary |
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CPH:DOX | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu | Honorable Mention |
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Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu | Spotlight Award |
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Jihlava | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu | Best Central and Eastern European Documentary |
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Cannes - Out of Competition | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu | |
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Gopo Awards | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu | Best Documentary (Andrei Ujică, Velvet Moraru) |
Things We Said Today (documentary) |
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2021 |
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2010 |
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Cantitate necunoscută |
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2002 |
2 Pasolini (scurtmetraj) |
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2000 |
Out of the Present (documentary) |
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1995 |
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1992 |
Things We Said Today (documentary) |
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2021 |
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2010 |
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Cantitate necunoscută |
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2002 |
2 Pasolini (scurtmetraj) |
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2000 |
Playboys (scurtmetraj) |
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1998 |
Out of the Present (documentary) |
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1995 |
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1992 |
Playboys (scurtmetraj) |
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1998 |
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2022 |
Convorbire cu Andrei Ujică
- Milo Rau
Workshop academic despre film şi arte vizuale în Israel
Al treilea ochi al lui Nicolae Ceauşescu
- Alex Leo Şerban
În lumea lui
- Andrei Gorzo
Film Menu #26 release and screening of “Videograms of a Revolution”
Proiecţie „Videogramele unei revoluţii” la Madrid şi Barcelona
“Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceauşescu”, acum pe DVD
Recitind istoria recentă: ”Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceauşescu”
- Elena Dulgheru
InnerSound New Arts Festival awaits submissions until July 25th
The Retrospective Andrei Ujică at Ceau, Cinema!
“3/4” Wins the “Răzvan Georgescu” Trophy at the 2018 Ceau, Cinema
Andrei Ujică și Péter Forgács revin la Cineclub și la festival
Andrei Ujică și Péter Forgács la Cineclubul OWR
OWR: Andrei Ujică & Dana Bunescu, ”Things We Said Today”, Work-in-progress
- Dana Medar
„Videogramele unei națiuni“ – amplă retrospectivă de filme românești la EUROPALIA
AFF 2019 – Andrei Ujică, la Colecționarul de filme
- Andra Petrescu
The Film Directors Ralitza Petrova and Andrei Ujică Hold Masterclasses at the Film+ Residence
Ziua Națională a României la reprezentanțele Institutului Cultural Român din lume
Revoluția Română din 1989 în filmele lui Andrei Ujică
Conclusions at the End of the Europalia Festival
Caravana Docuart aduce “Libertate30” în Cluj-Napoca
Peste 200 de lucrători din domeniul cultural condamnă atitudinea Ministrului Culturii
2 filme românești pe lista Celor mai bune documentare din toate timpurile
Andrei Ujică despre trupa Phoenix și documentar
- Dana Medar
Andrei Ujică, Cetățean de Onoare al Timișoarei