Person
Arūnas Žebriūnas
Directing · 1930–2013 · Kaunasб Kaunas, Lithuania
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
Living Heroes
Director
Kanonada
Director
Julius Janonis
Production Design
Blue Horizon
Art Direction
The Devil's Bride
Director
The Beauty
Director
Walnut Bread
Director
Nightbird
Director
Adventures of Kalle the Detective
Director
Chameleon Games
Director
Filmography
- 1990PetalsArt Direction
- 1988Time of the Full MoonDirector
- 1987Chameleon GamesDirector
- 1982Rich Man, Poor Man...Director
- 1982Rich Man, Poor Man...Director
- 1981Journey to ParadiseDirector
- 1977Walnut BreadDirector
- 1976Adventures of Kalle the DetectiveDirector
- 1974The Devil's BrideDirector
- 1974NightbirdDirector
- 1969The BeautyDirector
- 1968Death and the Cherry TreeDirector
- 1967In the ForestDirector
- 1966The Little PrinceDirector
- 1964The Girl and the EchoDirector
- 1961KanonadaDirector
- 1960Living HeroesDirector
- 1959Julius JanonisProduction Design
- 1957Blue HorizonArt Direction
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