---
name: "Oleg Mutu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/oleg-mutu"
fi1m_id: "oleg-mutu"
imdb_id: "nm1412545"
tmdb_id: 20701
wikidata_id: "Q11797736"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "22 July 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T18:16:33.066700+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Oleg Mutu

## Identity

Oleg Mutu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/oleg-mutu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** oleg-mutu
- **IMDb ID:** nm1412545
- **TMDB ID:** 20701
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11797736
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Mutu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11797736, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1412545/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20701

Producer. Born 22 July 1972 in Kishinyov, Moldavian SSR, USSR [now Chisinau, Moldova].

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 22 July 1972, Kishinyov, Moldavian SSR, USSR [now Chisinau, Moldova]
- **Active:** 2007–2012
- **Also known as:** Олег Муту
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Cristian Mungiu](https://film.one/person/cristian-mungiu.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 91 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Mutu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11797736, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1412545/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20701

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days*](https://film.one/film/4-months-3-weeks-and-2-days.md) (91)
- **AMC+:** [*Beyond the Hills*](https://film.one/film/beyond-the-hills.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Oleg Mutu is a Romanian cinematographer and film producer. He was born on 22 July 1972 in Chișinău, then part of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.

He has worked regularly with director Cristian Mungiu. Mutu was cinematographer and producer on *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* (2007). His other credits as cinematographer include *The Death of Mr. Lazarescu* (2005), *Tales from the Golden Age* (2009), *My Joy* (2010), *Beyond the Hills* (2012), *In the Fog* (2012), *In Bloom* (2013) and *Donbass* (2018). He shared the European Film Award for Best Film for *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* and received a Gopo Award for Best Cinematography.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* (2007), Fi1m 91, Producer, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/4-months-3-weeks-and-2-days.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Beyond the Hills* (2012), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/beyond-the-hills.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Two Prosecutors* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Panopticon* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Forest Killer* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Snake Gas* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Lovable* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Fools* (2022), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Miracle* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Unidentified* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Parquet* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Campaign* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Donbass* (2018), Director of Photography
- *In Perfect Health* (2017), Cinematography, Director of Photography
- *A Gentle Creature* (2017), Director of Photography
- *United States of Love* (2016), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *Together For Ever* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Horizon* (2015), Director of Photography
- *My Good Hans* (2015), Director of Photography
- *In Bloom* (2013), Director of Photography
- *With Mom* (2013), Director of Photography
- *The Unsaved* (2013), Director of Photography
- *In the Fog* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Beyond the Hills* (2012), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/beyond-the-hills.md)
- *Innocent Saturday* (2011), Director of Photography
- *My Joy* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Tales from the Golden Age* (2009), Producer, Director of Photography
- *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days* (2007), Producer, Director of Photography — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/4-months-3-weeks-and-2-days.md)
- *The Death of Mr. Lazarescu* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Cigarettes and Coffee* (2004), Cinematography
- *Alone Versus Myself* (2003), Camera Operator
- *Humanitarian Aid* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Zapping* (2000), Director of Photography
- *The Hand of Paulista* (1998), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Gopo Award for Best Cinematography 2014: Gopo Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *The Unsaved*
- Nika award for the best cinematography 2012: Nika award for the best cinematography (nominated), for *In the Fog*
- Gopo Award for Best Cinematography 2008: Gopo Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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