Andrei Dascalescu worked as a DJ in his hometown during his teenage years. He later moved to Bucharest to study Sound and Editing at the Film University, and work as a freelance editor and sound engineer for the BBC’s World Service in Romania and on many films, including Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth, where he assisted the legendary editor, Walter Murch. Dascalescu began making his own films with the short feature, “Fly”, which was awarded. He then made his documentary debut with Constantin and Elena, a film that gained worldwide recognition through multiple festival selections, awards and broadcasts. Planeta Petrila is his second feature-length documentary.