During his final year in the academy he made a short film, Story From The Third Block Entrance, that received awards at the New York University International Student Film Festival and the Premiers Plans in Angers, France.
The European Academy Awards nominated it as "best short film" that year.
Nemescu's last film was California Dreamin' (Endless), starring Armand Assante.
The movie was awarded the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
Nemescu and Toncu were riding in a taxi that was struck on Eroilor Bridge by a Porsche Cayenne SUV driven by a British citizen (Ali Imran) who ran a red light.