Giedrė Žickytė

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1980-07-01 (44 years old)

Giedrė Žickytė

Biography

Giedrė Žickytė is an EFA nominated film director and producer based in Vilnius, Lithuania, and the founder of the production company Moonmakers. She graduated with a Master’s degree in Visual Arts from Vilnius Art Academy in 2007 and since 2010 started working in the international field of documentary cinema. Her latest film The Jump (Lithuania, France, Latvia) won Best Documentary Feature Award at Warsaw IFF 2020, Grand Prix at EIDF (South Korea), Main Jury Award at Salem Film Festival 2021 (USA), and more. In 2015, her feature documentary Master and Tatyana was awarded Best Director, Best Documentary, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing at the Lithuanian Film Academy Awards. I'm Not From Here (co-directed with M. Alberdi, Chile) was nominated at the 2016 EFA Awards and won over a dozen awards. Giedrė is a member of the European Film Academy, Lithuanian Filmmakers Union, alumni of Berlinale Talent Campus, and more.

Known For

Director

2020
The Jump

as Director

2016
I'm Not From Here

as Director

2015
Master and Tatyana

as Director

2009
Baras

as Director

2005
Born Innocent

as Director

Producer

2020
The Jump

as Producer

2016
I'm Not From Here

as Executive Producer

2015
Joan

as Producer

Writer

2020
The Jump

as Screenplay

2015