Ileana Stanculescu was born in 1976 in Bucharest, Romania. From 1999 till 2004, studies at the film academy “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg (Germany). In 2004 she graduated with the documentary: "Podul peste Tisa", which won among other prizes the "First Appearance Award" at the International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam. In 2006 it was nominated for the "Joris Ivens Award" in Amsterdam and won the British Council Award for the Best Romanian Documentary.The latest documentary directed by Ileana Stanculescu and Artchil Khetagouri, “Noosfera”, premiered at IDFA 2011.