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Filmmaker · Lithuania

Algimantas Puipa

Algimantas Puipa was born on 14 June 1951 in Antalieptė. A graduate in 1974 of the Moscow film institute, he worked at the Lithuanian studio until 1992, then made television films, and has taught since 2002 at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. He mainly brings Lithuanian prose writers to the screen, but also foreign authors, in a poetic, intimate, sometimes surreal manner, in a tragicomic tone, in which the landscape reflects the souls of the characters. He received the national prize in 2019.

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