Born in Bucharest, Romania in 1972, Catalin Mitulescu studied geology at the Bucharest University. He spent three years traveling and working abroad in Austria, Hungary, Poland and Italy. Upon his return to Romania, he enrolled in the film directing program at UNATC in Bucharest. Since his graduation in 2000 he has been directing award winning short films like Traffic (Palm d’Or Cannes 2004), his debut feature The Way I Spent The End Of The World (Un certain regard, Best Actress Award for Dorotheea Petre, 2006) commercials and music videos. He has founded the film production company Strada Film which has become over the years one of the leading production companies on the Romanian film market.