Biography
Tudor Vladimir Panduru is a Romanian cinematographer. He was born in 1990 in Piatra Neamț, Romania, and trained at the National University of Theatre and Film "I.L. Caragiale" in Bucharest. He is a member of the Romanian Society of Cinematographers (R.S.C.).
Panduru began working with director Cristian Mungiu as a camera assistant on Beyond the Hills (2012) and first served as director of photography on Graduation (2016). Their subsequent collaborations include R.M.N. (2022) and Fjord (2026). Other credits include My Happy Family (2017), Malmkrog (2020), The Father Who Moves Mountains (2021), Întregalde (2021), Adventures of a Mathematician (2021), Metronom (2022) and The President's Cake (2025).
He has received Gopo Awards for best cinematography for Malmkrog and Metronom, and his work on The President's Cake contributed to the film's Camera d'Or win at Cannes.
