Date of birth

7 December 1974

Place of birth

Kaunas, Lithuania

Education

2014

Certificate of Teacher

2003

Stage and Screen Actor, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

1996

Traineeship, Construction Sector, Leipzig, Germany

1989

Agricultural Technical School in Alanta (currently Alanta School of Technology and Business), Molėtai District

Work experience

2009–2014

Company and Film Director, public company VšĮ kino studija “A”

2003–2015

Teacher, St Benedict’s Gymnasium and Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas Gymnasium in Alytus, Secondary School in Panemunė

2006–2009

Chief Ethnographer, Culture Centre of Alytus District

1996–2003

Actor and Stage Director, Alytus City Theatre

Political career

No party affiliation

2015–2016

Member, Alytus City Municipal Council

2006–2016

Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Miscellaneous

Activities: directing of films; creation of 9 documentaries; acting in the film Ekskursantė (The Excursionist) and TV films; producing of the film Neišeik, prašau (Don’t Leave, Please) (2009); organisation of the exhibition Ukraina mano akimis (Ukraine in My Eyes) (2004); lecturing at seminars in Lithuanian children day care centres; supporting of underprivileged and working families; implementation of the project by the public organisation Save the Children Lithuania (2013–2014); implementation of projects under the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania and an international project under INTERREG III

Awards: winner of the Culture Prize of Alytus City (2006, 2009); Sidabrinė gervė (Silver Crane) Awards nominee

Publications: book Šarkos sielos šauksmas (Magpie Soul’s Cry) (2015)

Foreign languages: Russian, German

Hobbies: reading, photography, cinema, sport, travelling

Family

Married with two children