Vytautas Katkus (born 3 September 1991) is a Lithuanian film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter.
Biography Vytautas Katkus was born on 3 September 1991, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
He graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre with a master's degree in cinematography and directing in 2014, and began working as a camera assistant on around twenty films and commercials in Lithuania and abroad.
Vytautas Katkus has twice won the award for Best Young Director of photography from the Lithuanian Association of Directors of Photography, of which he has been a member since 2016.
In 2019, his first short film Collective Gardens was selected for the Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week, and his second short film Places premiered in 2020 at the Venice Film Festival as part of the Orizzonti program.
After several collaborations as a cinematographer and cameraman with producer Marija Razgutė and M-Films, he directed his third short film, Cherries, in 2022, produced by M-Films, which was selected in the short film category at the Cannes Film Festival.
Vytautas Katkus is currently developing his first feature film, The Visitor, with screenwriter Marija Kavtaradzė and producer Marija Razgutė, a second collaboration with M-films and other international partners like Totem Films (France).
On each of his projects as a director, Vytautas Katkus had assistant director Robertas Nevecka.
Filmography
Director
Cinematographer
Awards Accolades
+Festival and YearCategoryName of the MovieResult (Win or Nominated)Vilnius International Film Festival Kino pavasaris 2011Best Student Film AwardIšskalbta pasakaNominatedLithuanian Association of Cinematographers 2014Best Short Cinematography Parketo skutėjaiWinLithuanian Cinema Goes Berlin Festival 2015Best Film AwardIglooWinEuropean Film Festival Scanorama 2015Lithuanian shortIglooNominatedLithuanian Film Awards 2019Best DirectorCommunity GardensWinCannes' Festival 2019Semaine de la CritiqueCommunity GardensSelectedConcorto Film Festival 2019Best Short FilmCommunity GardensWinGhent International Film Festival 2019Best Short FilmCommunity GardensWinHelsinki International Film Festival 2019SelectionsCommunity GardensNominatedRiga International Film Festival 2019SelectionsCommunity GardensNominatedVenice Film Festival 2020Orizzonti CompetitionPlacesNominatedValladolid International Film Festival 2020SelectionsPlacesNominatedGhent International Film Festival 2020SelectionsPlacesNominatedCannes Film Festival 2022International shortCherriesNominatedTelluride Film Festival 2022International shortCherriesNominatedValladolid International Film Festival 2022International shortCherriesNominatedGhent International Film Festival 2022International shortCherriesNominatedMontreal World Film Festival 2022International shortCherriesNominatedTallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025Best Baltic Feature FilmThe VisitorWin
References
External links
Vytautas Katkus on Cannes' Semaine de la Critique program