Anca Puiu
- Producer
- Actress
- Production Manager
Anca Puiu was born in 1971 in Bucharest, Romania. After graduating "Gh. Asachi" University in Iasi, she worked as country manager for a textile company manufacturing sportswear for the Premier League in Britain. In 2004, together with her husband, director Cristi Puiu, they founded Mandragora cinema production company. Their first project, "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu" was internationally widely acclaimed and is considered the film that started the "Romanian New Wave" in cinema. They continued with short and feature films such as: "Megatron" by Marian Crisan, "Palme d'Or" Festival de Cannes 2008, "Aurora" by Cristi Puiu, Festival de Cannes 2010, "Morgen" by Marian Crisan, Locarno 2010, "Viktoria" by Maya Vitkova, Sundance 2014, "Self-Portrait of a Dutiful Daughter" by Ana Lungu, IFF Rotterdam 2015, SIERANEVADA by Cristi Puiu, Festival de Cannes 2016 and many more.
