Cristi Puiu

Cristi PUIU (1967, Romania) was educated in painting at the Haute École Supérieure d'Arts Visuels in Geneva. In 2004 he founded cinema production company Mandragora. The Death of Mister Lazarescu (2005), his second feature film, was awarded the Prix Un Certain Regard at the festival in Cannes. For his third feature film, Aurora (2010), he played the lead role himself. In 2016 he directed the feature film Sieranevada

Filmography

Marfa si Banii/Stuff and Dough (2001), Un cartus de kent si un pachet de cafea/Cigarettes and Coffee (2004, short), Moartea domnului Lazarescu/The Death of Mister Lazarescu (2005), Aurora (2010), Trois exercices d'interprétation (2012), Ponts de Sarajevo/Bridges of Sarajevo (2014, segment Das Spektrum Europas), Sieranevada (2016)