Vladas Naudžius
Date of birth: 1966 12 02
The work of Vladas Naudzius is closely related to the new wave in Lithuanian cinema. His first feature was THREE DAYS by Sarunas Bartas, which can be considered as the visual manifest of a new Lithuanian cinema. Since then Vladas Naudzius has worked with such Lithuanian directors as V. Navasaitis (AUTUMN SNOW, PERPETUUM MOBILE), A. Stonys (FLYING OVER BLUE FIELDS), K. Vildziunas (THE LEASE, BACK TO YOUR ARMS).
In parrallel to his work in Lithuania Naudzius has built a steady career in The Netherlands. The last ten years of Naudzius’ work in The Netherlands shows an even spread between features and documentaries. The latter of which have been widely aired on TV channels like VPRO and Doc 24. Vladas Naudzius has simultaneously been working in The Netherlands with directors as Jos de Putter, Nathalie Alonso Casale, Sander Blom, amongst others.
Film festivals in Cannes, Venice, Chicago, New York, Berlin, Borgholm, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, have all screened the movies he photographed numerous times. Vladas Naudzius holds the awards of the Best Director of photography of the CIS and the Baltic States film festival KINOSHOCK in Russia. He was invited to read a master class in the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). In 2009 he was awarded the SILVER CRANE, the Lithuanian TV and cinema award for the photography of the movies PERPETUUM MOBILE (directed by Valdas Navasaitis) and WOLF (directed by Julius Ziz).
Education
VGIK Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, Moscow. Cinematographer, certificate 1990
Occupation
Cinematography, Feature Films, Music Videos, Documentary, Commercials
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FILMOGRAPHY
Director of Photography/Cameraman
2024 VERGEEF ONS ONZE SCHULDEN
Documentary,60 min. Director S.Kreso
Cinematography: Vladas Naudžius
Production: DOXI FILMS. The Netherlands
2023-2024 DARK BLUE RIVER
(in preproduction)
Documentary, 50 min. Director S. Kreso
Cinematography: Vladas Naudžius
Production: DOXI FILMS. The Netherlands
2023 KIOSKAS
Short Feature, 15 Min. Director Dali Rust
Cinematography: Vladas Naudžius
Productions: Kinema studio. Lithuania
2022 THRESHOLD BARRIERS
Video- Art project. Director: Aernout Mik / Marjoleine Boonstra
Production: Kapp producties. The Netherlands
Cinematography: Benito Strangio / Vladas Naudžius
2022 TRUTH AS A WEAPON
Documentary 50 min
Production: VPRO Backligt, S.22 episode 2
Cinematography: Vladas Naudžius
2019 CATHERINE THE GREAT
TV Series, 60min.
Cinematography/Behind the scenes: Vladas Naudžius
2019 DAYMOHK
Documentary, 90 min. Director Masha Novikova
Cinematography: Vladas Naudžius
Production: Ceruttifilm. The Netherlands
2018 BALCON DE EUROPA
Documentary, 90 min. Director Dali Rust
Cinematography Vladas Naudžius
Production: The Netherlands, Lithuania, Russia
2014-15 HISTORY’S FUTURE
Feature, 95 min. Director Fiona Tan
Cinematography Vladas Naudžius
Productions: Family Affair Films (The Netherlands), ROH Films (Germany), Vico Films (Ireland)
2013 ATARAXIA / POODLE SHAVING FOR THE BLIND
Feature, 82 min. Director Sander Blom
Production: Seriousfilm. The Netherlands
2011 SWEET SMOKE FATHERLAND (ZOETE ROOK VAN HET VADERLAND)
Documentary, color, 80 min. Director: Masha Novikova
Producer Willemijn Cerutti, production Zeppers Film & TV. The Netherlands
2010-11 BACK TO YOUR ARMS
Feature, color, 35 mm, 90 min. Director Kristijonas Vildziunas
Production Studio Uljana Kim in co-production Studio Filmowe TOR. Lithuania, Poland
2008 BEYOND THE GAME
Documentary, 75 min. Director Jos de Putter
Production Deepfocus. The Netherlands
World premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2008
2008 ON LOOKING FOR FACES IN THE CLOUDS
Fiction, documentary, color, 50 min. Director Sander Blom
Production Volya Films. The Netherlands
World premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2009
2008 PERPETUUM MOBILE
Fiction, 86 min. Director Valdas Navasaitis
Production Studio Uljana Kim & Co studio. Lithuania, France
World premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2009 (Bright Future)
2008 NIEUWE OGEN
Documentary, color, 90 min. Director Tamara Miranda
Production Bonanza Films. The Netherlands
2008 THE WOLF (VILKAS)
Fiction, color, 22 min. Director Julius Ziz
Lithuania, USA
2006 YOU AM I
Fiction, 35 mm, color, 90 min. Director Kristijonas Vildziunas
Producer Uljana Kim, Cast: Andrius Bialobzeskis, Renata Veberyte Loman, Silvija Ferreiri
Production Studio Uljana Kim together with Pandora Film Produktion. Lithuania, Germany
“Un Certain Regard” official selection Cannes Film festival 2006
A price for the best cinematography 2006, Kino Shok. Anapa, Russia
2006 FIGNER, THE END OF A SILENT CENTURY
Fiction, color, 90 min. Director Nathalie Alonso Casale
The Netherlands, France
International Film Festival Rotterdam
International Film Festival Locarno
2005 HOW MANY ROADS
Documentary on Bob Dylan, film S16, color, 75 min. Director Jos de Putter
Zeppers Film & TV. The Netherlands
World premiere at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2005
2005 OVER FENOMENEN EN EXISTENTIES
Fiction, 20 min. Director Andre Schreuders
The Netherlands
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2006
2004 COUNTDOWN (TAS, KURIO NERA)
Documentary, color, 45 min. Director Audrius Stonys
Lithuania
World premiere at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2004
2003 TEGEN HET VERGETEN
Documentary, color, 78 min. Director Tamara Miranda
Production Bonanza Films. The Netherlands
2002 DANS, GROZNY, DANS
Documentary, color.
Production Zeppers Film+TV. The Netherlands
Doc. grand prix – Chicago documentary festival
CPH DOX award – Copenhagen documentary festival
Best film – Festival sur L’art, Montreal,
Prix Centaur – Message to Men festival St Petersburg
Best film – Cinemambiente Festival , Torino
2002 THE LEASE (NUOMOS SUTARTIS)
Feature, 35 mm, color, 78 min. Director Kristionas Vildziunas
Production Studio Uljana Kim. Lithuania
World premiere at the 59th Venice International Film Festival (official Upstream selection)
Rotterdam International Film Festival (Official section)
16th International Film Festival Arsenals in Riga, Latvia. Award – The Best Baltic Fiction Film
Kino Shock Festival in Anapa, Russia (Competition section)
18th International Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland (Competition section)
44th Nordic Film Days in Lubek, Germany (Competition section)
9th International Film Festival Listapad 2002 in Minsk, Belarus (Competition section)
13th International Film Festival Northern Lights in Stockholm, Sweden
Triest International Film Festival, Italy (Competition section)
International Film Festival Young European Cinema Torun, Poland (Competition section)
International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, The Czech Republic
Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland
Art House Cinema, City Screen, London, England
Seville Festival de Cine, Spain
Scotland House/Royal Film Archive Cinemateque in Brussels, Belgium (screenings)
Film was broadcast TV: LNK – Lithuania, YLE TV – Finland, SVT – Sweden
2001 THE DAMNED AND THE SACRED
Documentary, 35 mm, color, 76 min. Director Jos de Putter
Zeppers Film & Ikon TV. The Netherlands
Grand Prix Chicago International Documentary Film Festival 2003
Selection International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2002
Selection Rotterdam Film Festival 2003
2001 BEST FOOT FORWARD
S16, color, 21 min. Director Karel Doing
The Netherlands
Selection Rotterdam International Film festival 2001
2000 COKES!
Documentary, 16 mm, color, 50 min. Director Pieter Jan Smit
Pieter Jan Smit Studio & VPRO TV. The Netherlands
Selection Rotterdam International Film festival 2000
2000 MAN LOOKS AT WOMAN, WOMAN LOOKS AT MAN
Feature, additional shooting, 35 mm, color, 10 min. Director Nathalie Alonso Casale & Pavel Semtchenko
The Netherlands, France, Russia
Nomination Grand Prix Gouden Kalf, Nederlands Film festival 2000
Selection Rotterdam International Film festival 2000
Selection Special program Dresden International Film Festival 2000
Selection International competition Film Festival Coté Court 2000
Selection International competition SP-b Film Festival Message to Man 2000
Selection main program London Film Festival 2000
Broadcasted by Independent Texan Television SWAMP (USA) 2000
Broadcasted by Independent A’ dam/ R’ dam/ D’ Haag TV (NL) 2001
1999 PHILIP MORRIS ART PRICE 1999
Digital video, color, 28 min. Director Jeroen Berkvens
Philip Morris & NPS broadcast. 2nd film about the art price winners. The Netherlands
1999 A SKIN TOO FEW – NICK DRAKE (VOICE FROM THE MOUNTAIN)
Documentary, 16 mm, color, 40 min. Director Jeroen Berkvens
The Netherlands
Humanistic Broadcasting TV
Selection Rotterdam International Film festival 2001.
1999 PHILIP MORRIS ART PRICE
Digital video, color, 17 min. Director Jeroen Berkvens
Philip Morris. The Netherlands
1998 TIJD SPIEGEL 1 PELESHIAN
TIJD SPIEGEL 2 AMIRCHANIAN & STONYS
TIJD SPIEGEL 3 MANSKI & BLISS
Documentary, digital video, color, 45 min. Director Jeroen Berkvens
The Netherlands
1998 THE HARBOUR (UOSTAS)
Documentary, 35 mm, color, 10 min. Director Audrius Stonys
Lithuania
Selection Berlin International Film Festival (Panoram-program) 1998
Selection London International Film Festival 1998
Selection International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 1998
Selection Siena International Short Film Festival 1998
Selection Triest International Film Festival 1998
Selection Bornholm Balticum 1998
Selection Lubek International Film Festival 1998
1997 3 JANUARI (PORTRAIT OF ROTTERDAM)
Documentary, one-shot, 16 mm, color, 4 min. Director Nathalie Alonso Casale
Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2000
Grand Prix Compétition Internationale Festival Coté Court 1998
1997 THE LIBRARY (BIBLIOTEKA)
Feature, 35 mm, b/w, 40 min. Director Kristijonas Vildziunas
Lithuania
1996 FLYING OVER BLUE FIELDS (SKRAJOJIMAI MELYNAME LAUKE)
Documentary, 35 mm, b/w, 20 min. Director Audrius Stonys
Lithuania
1996 MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN
Feature, 16 mm, b/w, 83 min. Director Nathalie Alonso Casale
The Netherlands
International Film Festival Rotterdam 1996 (Tiger Competition)
Distributed in the Benelux by NFM/IAF. The Netherlands
1994 THE DAYS ARE LEFT (LIKUSIOS DIENOS)
Feature, 35 mm, b/w, 30 min. Director Kristijonas Vildziunas
Lithuania
1992 AUTUMN SNOW (RUDENS SNIEGAS)
Documentary, b/w, 20 min. Director Valdas Navasaitis
Lithuania
Prix de la SCAM at Cinema du Reel 1993
3rd film prize at Bornholm Balticum Film/TV festival 1993
Special Prize of Jury at the International Film Festival Babelsberg 1992
Prize of Public at the International Film Festival Potsdam 1992
Oberhauzen 1992
Amsterdam 1992
Leipzig 1992
Locarno 1993 (section Leopards of Tomorow)
Cinema du Reel 1997 (Baltic films panorama)
1992 THREE DAYS (TRYS DIENOS)
Fiction, color, 96 min. Director Sarunas Bartas
Lithuania
Grand Prix at the International Film Festival Porto 1991
Fipresci Prize at Berlin International Film Festival 1991
Ecumenical Prize of jury 1991
Nomination Felix Best Feature Film at Berlin International Film Festival 1992
1990 FOXTROT
Feature, 35 mm, b/w, 42 min. Director Maria Zennstrom
Sweden, Russia
1988 I BELIEVE, I DON’T BELIEVE
Feature, additional shootings, 35 mm, color, 82 min. Director Bakhtiyar Khudoynazarov.
Russia
1988 THE WHITE WAY
Documentary, 35 mm, b/w, 20 min. Director Valdas Navasaitis
Lithuania, Russia
Special price of Jury, International Film Festival Babelsberg 1992
Price of public, International Film Festival Potsdam 1992
1987 IN MEMORY OF A DAY GONE BY (PRAEJUSIOS DIENOS ATMINIMUI)
Documentary, 35 mm, b/w, 40 min. Director Sarunas Bartas
Lithuania
Price Film Festival Molodost, Moscow 1990
Jury Price International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 1990
Price of public International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 1990
WRITING
1997 WERTHER NIELAND
Script for feature film, based on Dutch novel by Gerard Reve
co-author with Nathalie Alonso Casale