Vitalis Gruodis: Difference between revisions
←Created page with '{{Infobox person | name = Vitalis Gruodis | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1921|03|24}} | birth_place = Tolovka, Samara Oblast, Soviet Union | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|12|30|1921|03|24}} | death_place = Vilnius, Lithuania | occupation = Actor, director | years_active = 1941–1990 }} '''Vitalis Gruodis''' (24 March 1921 – 30 December 2011) was a Lithuanian theater...' Tag: Disambiguation links added |
(No difference)
|
Revision as of 18:32, 24 December 2023
Vitalis Gruodis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 March 1921 |
| Died | 30 December 2011 (aged 90) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1941–1990 |
Vitalis Gruodis (24 March 1921 – 30 December 2011) was a Lithuanian theater actor and director of the first Lithuanian television broadcast. He is the father of director Rimantas Gruodis. Gruodis is responsible for creating around thirty documentaries, as well as a multitude of Soviet-era Lithuanian films and plays for children.[1][2][3]
Biography
Vitalis Gruodis was born on 24 March 1921 in the village of Tolovka, in the Samara Oblast of Russia. Gruodis' grandparents were deported to Russia because of their participation in the 1863 January Uprising. In 1922 Gruodis and his parents returned to Lithuania, were provided with land, and worked as farmers in the Rokiškis district municipality. From 1939 to 1941 he attended the Šiauliai state drama theater, and upon graduating in 1941, began work as an actor and director. From 1947 to 1954 Gruodis switched to acting and directing in the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre in Vilnius. From 1947 to 1949 Gruodis was the director of the LSSR Writers' Union Literature Foundation. From 1949 to 1951 he was the director of the Lietuva ensemble, the only professional ensemble of dancers and players of traditional instruments in the Baltic States.[4][1][2]
In 1954 Vitalis Gruodis was appointed the director of the Lithuanian committee for radio and television. In 1957, along with fellow actor and friend Anupras Lauciūnas, Gruodis became responsible for directing and launching the first national broadcast on television. In 1957 Gruodis was the director of the first television-broadcasted play in Lithuania O vis dėl to ji sukasi. From 1967 to 1970 Gruodis acted as director of Lithuanian Film Studios. After a brief stint of directing radio and television in Ulanbataar from 1983, Gruodis retired from his position in 1990.[1][2] From 1997 to 2008 Gruodis acted in a total of five films.[5]
Vitalis Gruodis died on 30 December 2011 in Vilnius.
Notable works
- Raudonkepuraitė (Little Red Riding Hood), 1952, childrens' play
- Princas ir elgeta (The Prince and the Beggar), 1953, childrens' play
- Posūkis (The Turn), 1967 (secondary director)
- Kai aš mažas buvau (When I Was Little), 1968 (secondary director)
- Birželis, vasaros pradžia (June, the Beginning of Summer), 1969 (secondary director)
- Trečiojo grūdo likimas (The Fate of the Third Grain), 1971
- Bendraamžiai (Contemporaries), 1973
- Aš, Vytautas Alseika (I, Vytautas Alseika), 1973
- Vėtrungėm paženklinti (To Mark the Weather Vanes), 1975
- Kaltinami žmogžudyste (Accused of Murder), 1977
- Karlagas – mirties žemė (Karaganda gulag – the Land of Death), 1990
References
- ^ a b c Blynaitė, Laura. "Vitalis Gruodis". vle.lt.
- ^ a b c "Vitalis Gruodis". limis.lt.
- ^ "LRT fotoarchyvas: Vitalis Gruodis". lrt.lt.
- ^ Juodpusis, Vaclovas. "„Lietuva"". vle.lt.
- ^ "Виталис Груодис". kinopoisk.ru.