Jonas Augustino Gricius (5 August 1928 – 1 February 2021) was a Lithuanian cinematographer, known for his work on a number of classical films starting from the late 1950s, including ''
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'', ''
The Girl and the Echo
The Girl and the Echo (russian: Девочка и эхо, Devochka i ekho; alternative title: The Last Day of Vacation, Lithuanian: ''Paskutinė atostogų diena'') is a 1964 Soviet drama film directed by Arūnas Žebriūnas and produced by Lithu ...
'', and ''
The Blue Bird''.
Biography
In 1954 he graduated from the All-Union Institute of Cinematography, a course by Boris Volchek. He worked at the film studio Lenfilm, as an assistant to director
Andrei Moskvin Andrei Nikolaevich Moskvin (russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Москви́н; 14 February 1901, Tsarskoe Selo – 28 February 1961, Leningrad) was a Soviet cinematographer, renowned for his work with Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Tra ...
. Since 1958 – Operator of the Lithuanian Film Studio (LKS). Secretary of the LSSR Cinematographers' Union (1963–1968), chairman (1981–1988). Director of the Lithuanian Film Studio (1978–1989). Gricius died on 1 February 2021, at the age of 92.
Lithuanian cinematographer Jonas Gricius passes away
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1928 births
2021 deaths
Lithuanian cinematographers
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