Giedrė Žickytė Explained
Giedrė Žickytė (born June 30, 1980) is a Lithuanian film director, producer, documentary film maker.[1] [2]
In 2022 she was awarded the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts "for a vigorous and impressive creative leap".[3]
She is married to a Lithuanian diplomat (since 2016).[4] [5]
Notable filmography
- 2009: ; documentary about the avant-garde Lithuanian actor and filmmaker Artūras Barysas "Baras". The film won the 2009 "Silver Crane" award for the best TV film
- 2011: ; documentary about music of the "Singing Revolution" in Lithuania and the impact on it by the band Antis; the latter started as a joke parodying the Soviet life. Nominated at the 2012 "Silver Crane" awards in the category of the best documentary film[1]
- 2014: ; documentary about the Lithuanian photographer . The film won 4 nominations at the 2015 Silver Crane awards: the best documentary film of the year, the best work of the director of the year, the best work of cinematography, the best work of the director of editing[6]
- 2016: Yo no soy de aquí (I'm Not from Here), co-directed with Maite Alberdi; documentary about a woman in a nursing home who thinks she had just arrived from the Basque Country, Best Documentary Short Film, 11th Pedro Sienna Awards; nominated for the Best Documentary at the 29th European Film Awards
- 2020: The Jump, documentary about the Soviet Lithuanian defector Simas Kudirka; Best Documentary Feature Award at the 36th Warsaw International Film Festival[7] [8]
- 2020: (co-producer) The Earth Is Blue as an Orange, documentary film, directed and written by Iryna Tsilyk; Directing Award in the "World Cinema Documentary" category for the film at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.[9] [10]
Notes and References
- https://www.goethe.de/ins/lt/lt/kul/sup/dft/20701599.html "GIEDRĖ ŽICKYTĖ"
- http://www.lfc.lt/lt/Page=PersonList&ID=1952&PersonType=Director&C=%C5%BD Giedrė Žickytė
- Web site: Paskelbti Lietuvos nacionalinių kultūros ir meno premijų laureatai - Verslo žinios. vz.lt. 2023-03-16.
- Web site: Režisierė Giedrė Žickytė su vyru ir sūnumi kraustosi į Rusiją: "Mūsų šeimos laukia daug iššūkių" Vardai. 15min.lt. 2023-03-16.
- https://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/50062569/vilniuje-tuokiasi-rezisiere-giedre-zickyte-ir-diplomatas-eitvydas-bajarunas/ Vilniuje susituokė režisierė Giedrė Žickytė ir diplomatas Eitvydas Bajarūnas
- Web site: "Sidabrinės gervės" apdovanojimuose triumfavo Giedrė Žickytė ir jos filmas "Meistras ir Tatjana" Vardai. 15min.lt. 2023-03-16.
- Web site: G. Žickytės filmas Varšuvoje pelnė geriausio dokumentinio filmo apdovanojimą KaunoDiena.lt. m.kauno.diena.lt. 2023-03-16.
- Web site: Awards of the 36th Warsaw International Film Festival. FilmNewEurope.com. 2023-03-16.
- Web site: Award-Winning "The Earth Is Blue as an Orange" Shines Light on Ukraine. sundance.org. 2023-03-16.
- Web site: 2020 Sundance Film Festival Awards Announced . sundance.org. 2023-03-16.