Tomas Vengris
{{Short description|Lithuanian-American film director and editor}}
Tomas Vengris (born 1984) is a Lithuanian-American film director and editor.[https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/kultura/12/2125436/is-nuomojamo-buto-vilniuje-i-festivali-taline-ivyko-naujo-tomo-vengrio-filmo-pasauline-premjera]
Tomas Vengris is a first-generation American. He received B.A. in political science from Columbia University, then studied photography and video art at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, and received a master's degree in directing from the American Film Institute, Los Angeles, United States.
Filmography
- 2012: Kalifornija, AFI graduation film[https://watch.afi.com/talent/tomas-vengris-308231 Tomas Vengris. Directing 2012]
- 2015: Squirrel, short fiction, 7 min.[https://www.premiersplans.org/en/film/squirrel Squirrel Tomas Vengris]
- 2016: Kicks''; editing, a full feature film
- 2019: Motherland; coproduction of Lithuania’s Studio Uljana Kim and Latvia’s Locomotive Productions together with German outfit Heimathafen Film and Greece’s Faliro House ({{langx|lt|Gimtinė}}), feature film[https://cineuropa.org/en/film/379252/ MOTHERLAND][https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/379897/ Review: Motherland]
- 2023: Five and a Half Love Stories in a Vilnius Apartment
- 2024: Jungleland, editing
Filmography awards
- 2021: Audience Award at the ArteKino Festival for Motherland[https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/396484/ Motherland scoops the Audience Award at the ArteKino Festival]
- Five and a Half Love Stories in a Vilnius Apartment
- 2023: "Rebels With a Cause" program Best Film award at the Tallinn film festival "Black Nights"[https://www.lrytas.lt/kultura/meno-pulsas/2023/11/20/news/-5-meiles-istorijos-viename-vilniaus-bute-triumfavo-talino-kino-festivalyje-29233845 „5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute“ triumfavo Talino kino festivalyje][https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/kultura/12/2188625/filmo-apie-meiles-istorijas-viename-vilniaus-bute-premjera-sutrauke-buri-kviestiniu-sveciu Filmo apie meilės istorijas viename Vilniaus bute premjera sutraukė būrį kviestinių svečių]
- 2024: Sidabrinė gervė 2024: the film was nominated in several categories,[https://sidabrinegerve.lt/nomination/5-%C2%BD-meiles-istorijos-viename-vilniaus-bute/ 5 ½ meilės istorijos viename Vilniaus bute], Sidabrinė gervė 2024 nominations and Hadar Ratzon-Rotem won the "Best Supporting Actress" award.[https://www.lkc.lt/naujiena/paaiskejo-apdovanojimu-sidabrine-gerve-laimetojai-kino-kurejai-pagerbti-15-aji-karta-1573 Paaiškėjo apdovanojimų „Sidabrinė gervė“ laimėtojai] ("The winners of the Silver Crane awards have been announced.")
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Category:Film directors from Los Angeles