Background
Puhovski was born 29 April 1949 in Zagreb, Croatia (then a part of Yugoslavia) where he attended elementary and high school.
Puhovski was born 29 April 1949 in Zagreb, Croatia (then a part of Yugoslavia) where he attended elementary and high school.
He studied sociology and philosophy at the University of Zagreb, and graduated in film directing at the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Artist
From 1975 to 1979 he worked as a dramaturge at the &Territorial Decoration Theatre, one of the most important independent Yugoslav theatres of the period. He directed Jenny, the Pirate"s Bride (1974) and Emigrant Talks (1975) by Bertold Brecht, Pit, This is America, Too (1975) by Mile Rupčić, 1984 (1976) by George Orwell, Abduction (1977) by Željko Senečić and Travesties (1980) by Tom Stoppard. s on social issues were often banned or not shown (Dead Harbor was banned for more than 15 years, some films on war crimes are still waiting to be shown publicly). As a teacher, tutor and lecturer, Puhovski has been engaged at Academy for Drama Arts in Zagreb for many years, now as a full professor
He is heading and running Master of Arts program in documentary directing & producing at that school.
In addition to that, he designed and conducted documentary workshops at the Imaginary Academy in Grožnjan, Croatia, and the International Academy of Broadcasting in Montreux, Switzerland and tutored development of documentary projects at Roma Media Creative Laboratory & script developing project, run by Medienhilfe & OSI and Greenhouse development program, run by the New Fund for Cinema and Television (Israel) and funded by EuroMed Audiovisual.
He is a member of the European Academy, and an honorary member of CILECT.