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Arūnas Žebriūnas

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
0

Gender
Male

Birthday
August 8, 1930 (95 years old)

Place of Birth
Kaunasб Kaunas, Lithuania

Arūnas Žebriūnas

Biography

Arūnas Žebriūnas (8 August 1930 — 9 September 2013) was a Lithuanian film director.

The son of a military officer and grew up excelling in basketball and rowing. In 1955, Žebriūnas graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with a degree in Architecture and joined the Lithuanian Film Studio. He made his directorial debut in 1959, directing the chapter ‘The Last Shot’ from The Living Heroes. His 1964 film The Girl and the Echo won the Majority’s Silver Sail award at Locarno Film Festival.

In 1999, Žebriūnas directed his final film, Lietuvos prisikėlimas, with Aloyzas Jančoras. This documentary presents the history of Lithuania’s independence movement Sąjūdis, of which Žebriūnas himself was a member. In 2010, he was awarded a Golden Crane at the Lithuanian Film Awards for his contribution to Lithuanian film.

Known For

Art

1990Petals...Art Direction
1960Living Heroes...Production Design
1959Julius Janonis...Production Design
1957Blue Horizon...Art Direction

Directing

1988Time of the Full Moon...Director
1987Chameleon Games...Director
1982Rich Man, Poor Man......Director
1982Rich Man, Poor Man......Director
1981Journey to Paradise...Director
1977Walnut Bread...Director
1976Adventures of Kalle the Detective...Director
1974The Devil's Bride...Director
1974Nightbird...Director
1969The Beauty...Director
1968Death and the Cherry Tree...Director
1967In the Forest...Director
1966The Little Prince...Director
1964The Girl and the Echo...Director
1961Kanonada...Director
1960Living Heroes...Director

Crew

1988Time of the Full Moon...Script

Writing

1987Chameleon Games...Writer
1976Adventures of Kalle the Detective...Writer
1967In the Forest...Writer
1966The Little Prince...Writer
1964The Girl and the Echo...Writer

Acting