Viktoras Starošas, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Viktoras Starošas

Soviet camera operator and film director

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1921

Date of Death: 22-Aug-2016

Profession: camera operator, film director

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Viktoras Starošas

  • Viktoras Starošas (June 12, 1921 in Kaunas – August 22, 2016) was a Lithuanian director, cinematographer and writer.At the beginning of Lithuanian cinema, he worked as an assistant in the company, "Musu Lietuva" (Our Lithuania).
  • There, he also filmed newsreels, the first post-war Lithuanian documentaries since 1952.
  • He began directing his "Soviet Lithuania" newsreels, recording the ongoing changes in Lithuanian society.
  • In 1965, the director created a full-length documentary film, "Jai - dvidešimt penkeri" (She is Twenty-Five).Over his career, Starošas made many Lithuanian documentaries; a number targeted Soviet taboos, displaying the abuses and questioning the morality of the Soviets.
  • This can especially be seen in movies such as "Aš myliu direktore" (I love the Director, 1978) and "Juoda - greta" (Black - Greta, 1977), based upon young criminals.
  • Another topic, to which he often returned, was foreign countries, including: "Jambo Tanzania" (1974), "Ne vien šokio ritme" (Is not just a dance rhythm, 1979), and stories about foreign Lithuanians Lietuviska Amerika (Lithuanian America, 1970). However, the best known projects Starošas has worked on are mainly sports festival shows, including: "Žirgai ir berniukai" (Horses and Boys, 1968), "Du keliniai" (Two Trousers, 1969), "Kur karalienes auksas?" (Where Is the Queen's Gold?, directed with R.
  • Šilinis, 1972), "Maratonas balne" (Marathon in the Saddle, directed with A.
  • Jancor, 1973), "Aukso karštlige" (Gold Rush, directed with F.
  • Kauzon, 1983), "Citius, fortius ir...
  • aritmetika" (1985). Starošas was given the opportunity to participate in the Soviet filmmakers group in the Olympics in Moscow (1980).

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