Lucian Georgescu is Professor of Screenwriting at the National University of Theatre and Film “I. L. Caragiale” (UNATC) in Bucharest, Romania, co-chair of the Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) Executive Council, and founder of cinepub.ro, Romania’s free-access streaming platform for heritage and independent film. He was made a Knight of Romania’s Order of Cultural Merit in 2024 and received the SRN Teaching Innovation Award in 2025. His books include Texticole, a collection of his writing on cinema since 1990 and its companion volume on advertising and film, Fabulospirit (2026); and Jim pe drum (2025), a study of Jim Jarmusch’s cinema. He also edited the anthology Cinepub 2.0 (2026).