About

Known credits:
29
Birthday:
1967-04-03
Place of birth:
Bucharest, Romania
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Cristi Puiu

Overview

Cristi Puiu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈkristi ˈpuju]; born 3 April 1967; Bucharest) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. With Anca Puiu and Alex Munteanu, in 2004 he founded a cinema production company, naming it Mandragora.

Cristian Emilian Puiu was born to Iuliana and Emilian Puiu in Bucharest, Romania. Puiu's first interest in art was painting. In 1992, he was admitted as a student to the Painting Department of École Supérieure d'Arts Visuels in Geneva. After the first year he switched to film studies at the same school, where he graduated in 1996. He started working in film after his return to Romania.

Cristi Puiu's debut as a director was in 2001 with the low-budget road movie Stuff and Dough (Marfa și banii), starring Alexandru Papadopol and Dragoș Bucur. The film received several awards in international film festivals and competed in the Quinzaines des Realisateurs section of the Cannes Film Festival. Some critics say that this is the film that started the Romanian New Wave in cinema. He continued with a short film, Cigarettes and Coffee (Un cartuş de Kent și un pachet de cafea) (2004), which was awarded the Golden Bear for best short film at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival. His second feature film, The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu) (2005), was a dark comedy about an ailing old man who is carried by an ambulance from hospital to hospital all night long, as doctors refuse to treat him and send him away. The film was a critical success, being awarded the Prix Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival and numerous awards at other international film festivals. In 2006 this film gained 47 prizes, several nominations in the American Critics' Top 10 lists and in French magazines such as Telerama and Les Inrockuptibles.

Known for

Acting
2011 Aurora Actor Viorel 59
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2009 Cinemaguerilla Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2023 MMXX Directing Director 58
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2020 Malmkrog Directing Director 59
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2016 Sieranevada Directing Director 60
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2014 The Bridges of Sarajevo Directing Director 59
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2013 Three Interpretation Exercises Directing Director 59
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2011 Aurora Directing Director 59
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2005 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Directing Director 62
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2004 Cigarettes and Coffee Directing Director 59
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2001 Stuff and Dough Directing Director 59
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1998 July 13 - July 19, 1998 Craiova, The Retirement Home Directing Director 59
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1996 25.12. Bucharest, North Railway Station Directing Director N/A
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1995 Before Breakfast Directing Director N/A
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Hora staccato Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2023 MMXX Writing Screenplay 58
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2020 Malmkrog Writing Writer 59
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2016 Sieranevada Writing Writer 60
Fair
2014 The Bridges of Sarajevo Writing Writer 59
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2013 Three Interpretation Exercises Writing Writer 59
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2011 Aurora Writing Writer 59
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2006 Offset Writing Writer 59
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2005 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Writing Writer 62
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2004 Cigarettes and Coffee Writing Writer 59
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2003 Niki and Flo Writing Writer 58
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2001 Stuff and Dough Writing Writer 59
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1995 Before Breakfast Writing Screenplay N/A
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Hora staccato Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2009 Francesca Production Producer 58
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