I would have never imagined I would be producer or director of photography. I started working as TV cameraman, then I studied cinematography and, step by step, I began to make films. Together with
Cristian Mungiu and
Hanno Höfer, we created Mobra Film to be able to produce our films as we were unhappy with the cooperation with the other production companies for our previous films. On one hand, it is easier to make a film being on both sides, the creative and the production side, at the same time. The link between them is much stronger and the work goes smoother. On the other hand, one needs a lot of energy to deal with everything that is production.[2007]