Arūnas Žebriūnas
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 8, 1930
- Died
- September 9, 2013
- Birthplace
- Kaunasб Kaunas, Lithuania
Arūnas Žebriūnas (8 August 1930 — 9 September 2013) was a Lithuanian film director. The son of a military officer and grew up excelling in basketball and rowing. In 1955, Žebriūnas graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with a degree in Architecture and joined the Lithuanian Film Studio. He made his directorial debut in 1959, directing the chapter ‘The Last Shot’ from The Living Heroes. His 1964 film The Girl and the Echo won the Majority’s Silver Sail award at Locarno Film Festival. In 1999, Žebriūnas directed his final film, Lietuvos prisikėlimas, with Aloyzas Jančoras. This documentary presents the history of Lithuania’s independence movement Sąjūdis, of which Žebriūnas himself was a member. In 2010, he was awarded a Golden Crane at the Lithuanian Film Awards for his contribution to Lithuanian film.
Filmography
Petals 1990
Art Direction
Time of the Full Moon 1988
Script, Director
Chameleon Games 1987
Director, Writer
Rich Man, Poor Man... 1982
Director
Journey to Paradise 1981
Director
Walnut Bread 1977
Director
Adventures of Kalle the Detective 1976
Writer, Director
The Devil's Bride 1974
Director
Nightbird 1974
Director
The Beauty 1969
Director
Death and the Cherry Tree 1968
Director
In the Forest 1967
Director, Writer
The Little Prince 1966
Director, Writer
The Girl and the Echo 1964
Director, Writer
Kanonada 1961
Director
Living Heroes 1960
Director, Production Design
Julius Janonis 1959
Production Design
Blue Horizon 1957
Art Direction
Credits from TMDB.