Born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1967. He studied painting and cinema in Geneva, Switzerland. Puiu is the director of feature films such as "Stuff and Dough" (2001), "The Death of Dr. Lazarescu" (2005), winner of the Un Certain Regard Award at the Cannes Film Festival, "Aurora" (2010), presented at the 34th Mostra, "Three Exercises of Interpretation" (2013) and "Sieranevada" (2016). He also directed a segment of the collaborative film "Bridges of Sarajevo" (2014), presented at the 38th Mostra.