Lithuanian Culture Guide

Diana & Kornelijus Matuzevičius

  The films by Kornelijus (born 1944) and Diana Matuzevičius (born 1948) continue the tradition of Lithuanian poetic documentary film, …

Audrius Stonys

  After studying at the Lithuanian State Conservatory (now the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre), the director Audrius Stonys …

Mantas Kvedaravičius

  Mantas Kvedaravičius (born 1976) holds a master’s degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Oxford and is currently …

Linas Mikuta

  Linas Mikuta (born 1980) graduated in theatre directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2003. In 2015, …

Giedrė Žickytė

  Giedrė Žickytė (born 1980) graduated from the journalism programme at Vilnius University, completed a post-graduate course in TV and …

Jonas Gasiūnas

Jonas Gasiūnas (born 1954), a representative of the middle generation of painters, and one of the most important figures in …

Gintautas Trimakas

Gintautas Trimakas (born 1958) is one of the most prominent conceptual photographers in Lithuania. For more than 20 years he …

Gintaras Didžiapetris

Gintaras Didžiapetris (born 1985) is one of the most distinctive representatives of the younger generation of artists who have emerged …

Eimuntas Nekrošius

Arguably the most important Lithuanian theatre and opera director of the second half of the 20th century, a laureate of …

Jonas Vaitkus

Jonas Vaitkus (b. 1944), the renowned educator of theatre and film directors and a laureate of the Lithuanian National Prize …

Gintaras Varnas

Director and educator Gintaras Varnas (b. 1961) belongs to the first generation of directors of independent Lithuania. He received his …

Olga Lapina

  The director and educator Olga Lapina (b. 1988) graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow in …