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 and Elze's Life.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Selected filmography
• 3 References
• 4 Further reading
• 5 External links

Biography

Puipa graduated from All–Union State Ins*ute of Cinematography located in Moscow 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 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 . Vilnius: Lithuanian Film Centre, 2015. ISBN:6099574409.

External links

• Algimantas Puipa at IMDb
• biography on obuolys.lt