DIRECTORS: Jānis Putniņš
Recent works
Local
Vivus
Client: 4Finance
Local
Selga
Client: NP Foods
Local
Nordea. Marathon
Client: Nordea Bank
Local
Nordea. Actress
Client: Nordea Bank
Local
LMT Freedom
Client: LMT
EDUCATION
SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Sept. 1995 - June 1997
M.A. Program in Media Studies/English
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA May 1994
B.F.A. in Filmmaking, Graduation with Distinction
Latvian State University, Riga, Latvia Sept. 1987 - May 1988
Studies in German Language and Literature
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
“Film Angels Studio”, Riga, Latvia Nov. 2002 - presently
Film Director
Ad agency “ADELL Saatchi&Saatchi”, Riga, Latvia Feb. 2002 - Oct. 2002
Creative Director
“Film Studio Kaupo”, Riga, Latvia Jan. 1998 - Feb. 2001
Film Director
Latvian National Opera, Riga, Latvia Nov. 1997 - Jan. 1998
Special Event Director
SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Aug. 1995 - July 1997
Visiting Lecturer, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, MA June 1993 - Sept. 1993
Guest Curator
SELECTED FILMS (as director)
Vogelfrei (co-director), 2007, fiction, 35mm, 95 min
Screened at more than 30 international film festivals, including Pusan, Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary and Edinburgh; several international awards
Paslepes (Hide-and-seek), 2003, fiction, 35mm, 75 min
Latvija tik tuvu (Latvia So Close), 1999, documentary, 16mm, 28 min
Varmacibas meditacija (Investigation of Related Events), 1993, fiction, 35mm, 62 min
COMMERCIAL WORK (as director)
Brands: 118 / Lattelekom / Saku / Rigas Laiks / Latvijas Krajbanka / Nord/LB / Parex / Sampo / Unilever / Rigas Piensaimnieks / RIMI / TELE2 / LMT etc.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Author of numerous publications on film in Latvian newspapers, journals and magazines (1997-2009);
lecturer on film at Latvian Art Academy (2003-2004, 2006-2008);
co-author of the play "After Gorki" (dir. Alvis Hermanis) based on Maxim Gorki's "The Lower Depths" at The New Riga Theatre (2004);
member of the selection board for Riga International Film Forum "Arsenals" (2004-2006);
jury member at several film festivals, including Karlovy Vary IFF (2009);
film expert for the Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia (2004-2005);
expert for the cinema section of the Latvian Cultural Canon (2008);
film expert for the National Film Center of Latvia (2008-2010).
LANGUAGES
Latvian, Russian, English and German