Arūnas Žebriūnas

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 Majoritys 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 Lithuanias 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