Algimantas Puipa (born 14 June 1951) is a Lithuanian film director and screenwriter. With more than 70,000 admissions, his directed film ''
Whisper of Sin'' was a success in Lithuania. Other successful films include ''
Forest of the Gods
''Forest of the Gods'' (Lithuanian: ''Dievų miškas'') is a memoir of the Lithuanian poet and writer Balys Sruoga about his experiences in the Nazi Stutthof concentration camp. Algis KalėdaLietuvių literatūros lobynas: Balio Sruogos „Diev ...
'' and ''Elze's Life''.
Biography
Puipa graduated from
All–Union State Institute of Cinematography located in
Moscow
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in 1974. He directed his first feature film alongside Stasys Motiejūnas the following year.
His first successful film was ''Devil's Seed''; it won the Soviet Film Festival Prize for realistic portrayal of the rural life in the early twentieth century. Puipa specializes in
drama
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films.
Selected filmography
References
Further reading
* "Algimantas Puipa: My Work Starts Where the Novel Ends" in ''Lithuanian Cinema: Special Edition for Lithuanian Film Days in Poland 2015'', Auksė Kancerevičiūtė
d. Vilnius: Lithuanian Film Centre, 2015. .
External links
*
biography on obuolys.lt
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1951 births
Living people
People from Zarasai District Municipality
Lithuanian film directors