Algimantas Puipa (born 14 June 1951) is a Lithuanian film director and screenwriter. With more than 70,000 admissions, his film ''
Whisper of Sin'' was a success in Lithuania. Other successful films include ''
Forest of the Gods'' 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 its realistic portrayal of 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