Jānis Streičs

Jānis Streičs was born on 26 September 1936 near Preiļi. A graduate in directing from the Latvian Conservatory, he worked at the Riga film studio, wrote the screenplays of many of his films and also acted in front of the camera. Three of his films were named the best work of the year in Latvia. Retired in his last years in Lithuania, in his partner's family house, he died there on 5 March 2026, aged eighty-nine; an asteroid was given his name the same year.

In the catalogue 1

• CinemaA Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's EveLimuzīns Jāņu nakts krāsāJānis Streičs · 1981Cinema