Jonas Vaitkus is a lecturer, theatre and film director well known in Lithuania

Lithuania

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 and throughout Europe

Europe

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. From 1969 to 1974 Jonas Vaitkus studied at the State Theatre, Music and Cinematography Institute of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

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). From 1977 to 1988 he was the artistic director of Kaunas State (Academic) Drama Theater, and from 1989 to 1995 was the artistic director of the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre

Lithuanian National Drama Theatre

Lithuanian National Drama Theatre , located on Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius, is one of the biggest theatres in Lithuania. Since its establishment in 1940, it has staged over 200 performances. The theatre's current repertoire mixes classical and modern theatre Lithuanian National Drama Theatre ,...

.

A winner of various awards throughout his career, Jonas Vaitkus has directed many films and more than 60 plays.

Jonas Vaitkus has mentored a number of actors and directors, including director Oskaras Koršunovas

Oskaras Koršunovas

Oskaras Koršunovas is a Lithuanian theatre director.Between 1988 and 1994 Oskaras Koršunovas studied at the Music Academy of Lithuania and received Bachelors and Masters degrees in theatre directing...

 and actress Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Ingeborga Dapkunaite

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė is a Lithuanian actress, who stars mostly in Russian movies.-Youth:Ingeborga Dapkunaite was born in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR. Her father was a diplomat and her mother a meteorologist. For many years her parents worked in Moscow, and she only saw them on holidays...

, both of whom are well-known internationally.

Partial filmography

• Utterly Alone
  Utterly Alone
  Utterly Alone is a 2003 film directed by Jonas Vaitkus, based on real events, about Juozas Lukša , a Lithuanian partisan who fought against the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in the years immediately following World War II...
  
  aka Vienui vieni (2004)
• A Thrush, a Green Bird aka Drozd - ptakha zelyonaya (1990)

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Award	Nominated work	Result
2008	Sidabrinė gervė Sidabrinė gervė 2008 Sidabrinė gervė 2008 was 1st film award ceremony of Sidabrinė gervė . Show was held in capital city of Vilnius on 29 May, 2008.- Commission :In commission which selected winners was 11 members.*Regimantas Adomaitis*Arūnas Matelis...	Best supporting actor male	"Perlas"	Nominated