VYTAUTAS PUIDOKAS

Mobile: +370 678 61761 E-mail: vytautas.puidokas@gmail.com

I am emerging documentary film director with a background in television. Currently based in Lithuania but looking for a position in a film/ TV production company abroad.

Education

2008- 2011 BA in Media and Film studies (2.1 class) - University of Surrey, United Kingdom. Written dissertation subject- alternative media, graduation documentary film The Best of Youth (24 min). 2011- 2012 Employee in Ltd. TV PLAY. Producers assistant in adapting and producing German game show My Man Can. Showed on LNK TV (Lithuania). Director and scriptwriter of TV show Future Profession (12 episodes). Aired on LITHUANIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION. 2012 Employee in Ltd. VRS WPI VILNIUS. Assistant director in the production of adapted German sketch comedy Ladykracher. Showed on BTV television (Lithuania). 2012- 2013 Director and cameraman of documentary film Mission Siberia. Khakassia (44 min). Premiered on LITHUANIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION, released in art- house cinemas. 2013- 2014 In cooperation with PI IRON CAT developing documentary feature film Caritas et Amor as a director.

Experience

Relative experience

2010 PR assistant in Ltd. PUBLICUM GROUP, public relations unit. 2013 Freelance journalist in South America for the major Lithuanian internet news portal DELFI.LT. 2013- 2014 Employee in Ltd. LITHUANIAN FILM STUDIOS Location manager in the production of Lithuanian- German feature film Naked Among Wolves.

Voluntary initiatives

2008- 2011 Founder of music and film open- air festival Manifestas . Organiser of Lithuanian Short Film Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. 2012 Founder of Film and TV Summer Camp for school students.

Additional skills

Languages: Lithuanian (C2), English (C2), Spanish (B1) and Russian (B1). Driving licence: category B.

For references please contact: TV PLAY director Edita Kabarait (+370 686 14358). VRS WPI VILNIUS producer Andrius Korenka (+370 612 14885).