Born in Bucharest in 1967, Cristi Puiu trained as a painter, lived in Switzerland and returned to Romania to make Stuff and Dough (2001). The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu, 2005), in which a sick old man is driven between Bucharest hospitals through a night, a grim black comedy of the health system shot in long takes, won Un Certain Regard at Cannes and launched the Romanian New Wave. Aurora (2010) and Sieranevada (2016), a family wake in a Bucharest apartment, were also at Cannes.
Filmography
- Stuff and Dough (2001)
- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
- Aurora (2010)
- Sieranevada (2016)
- Malmkrog (2020)