Alex Sîrbu graduated in 2023 from the Film Directing department of the Theatre and Film Faculty at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. During his studies, he directed four short films and worked on twelve other student short films in various roles across production, directing, and camera departments. Additionally, he collaborated with the theater department on numerous video and photo projects. In 2025 he received a scholarship from the Erich Pommer Institute, which enabled him to pursue an MBA in Film Business and Law at the Konrad Wolf Film University Babelsberg.

While in film school, he also contributed to the feature projects of his professors, Radu Jude and Adrian Sitaru. One of the films he directed, Circus, was selected for the Early Bird Student Film Festival in Bulgaria, TIFF, Cluj-Napoca, TNT Craiova, Goa Short Film Festival and International Short Film Festival “Cinema Paradiso” Cluj-Napoca, in which he won Jury’s Special Prize . Another short film he worked on as director of photography, The Antechamber, was selected for TIFF, Cluj-Napoca, Cinemaiubit Bucharest and Balkans Beyond Borders Film Festival.

In 2023, he joined 4 Proof Film and Domestic Film, becoming part of their production and distribution teams. Currently, he is working on his next two short films, Rattus Norvegicus, Târâș-Grăpiș/Where’s Alex? and developing his debut feature film, Degree in Unemployment.

He was recently selected for the Director’s Summit as part of Sarajevo Talents 2025.