Algimantas Puipa (born 14 June 1951) is a Lithuanian film director and screenwriter. With more than 70,000 admissions, his film Whisper of Sin was a success in Lithuania. Other successful films include Forest of the Gods and Elze's Life.
Biography Puipa graduated from All–Union State Institute 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 its realistic portrayal of rural life in the early twentieth century. Puipa specializes in drama films.
Selected filmography + Film Year Title Translation Awards 1975Atpildo dienaThe Day of Retribution 1978Nebūsiu gangsteris, brangiojiI Won't Be a Gangster, My Dear 1979Velnio sėklaDevil's Seed Soviet Film Festival Prize in Dushanbe (1980) 1981Arkliavagio duktėA Horse–Thief's Daughter 1983 Moteris ir keturi jos vyrai A Woman and Her Four Men Best Cinematographer Film in Chișinău (1983) Soviet Film Festival Prize in Kyiv (1984) 1985Electronic Grandmother 1987Amžinoji šviesaEternal Light San Remo Film Festival Grand Prize in Sanremo (1990) 1989Žuvies dienaFish Day 1990Bilietas iki Tadž MahaloTicket to Taj Mahal Munich's International Film Festival Ecumenical Jury Prize (1991) 1991Ir ten krantai smėlėtiOver There the Shores are Sandy Shown in multiple film festivals, including Munich, Rotterdam, Paris and Sanremo 1994ProcesasProcess 1994Ašarų pakalnėA Hill of Tears 1995Žaibo nušviestiHit By Lightning 1996Velnio išvarymas iš Mykolų kaimoExorcism in Mykolai Village 1997Vilko dantų karoliaiA Wolf Teeth Necklace Northern European Film Day Ecumenical Jury Prize in Lübeck (1997) Northern European Film Festival Grand Prize in Roanne (1998) 2000Elzė iš GilijosElze's Life Kinošok Film Festival Best Director Laureate in Anapa (2000) Berlin Film Festival Panorama Film (2000) 2002 Trys mylimos, arba Paskutinė diena Three Beloved (the Last Day) 2005 Dievų miškas Forest of the Gods Best Premiere Record (2005–2007) 2007 Nuodėmės užkalbėjimas Whisper of Sin Silver Crane Laureate for Best Film in Vilnius (2008) Best Premiere Record (2007–2008) 2011 Miegančių drugelių tvirtovė The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies 2015 Edeno sodas Garden Eden
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 [ed.]. Vilnius: Lithuanian Film Centre, 2015. .
External links
biography on obuolys.lt