About Jonas Gricius
Lived 1928 – 2021 (aged 92). Jonas Gricius was a Russian and Lithuanian camera operator and cinematographer.
Jonas Augustino Gricius (5 August 1928 – 1 February 2021) was a Lithuanian cinematographer, known for his work on a number of classical films starting from the late 1950s, including Hamlet, The Girl and the Echo, and The Blue Bird.
Biography In 1954 he graduated from the All-Union Institute of Cinematography, a course by Boris Volchek. He worked at the film studio Lenfilm, as an assistant to director Andrei Moskvin. Since 1958 – Operator of the Lithuanian Film Studio (LKS). Secretary of the LSSR Cinematographers' Union (1963–1968), chairman (1981–1988). Director of the Lithuanian Film Studio (1978–1989). Gricius died on 1 February 2021, at the age of 92.
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Who was Jonas Gricius?
Soviet camera operator (1928-2021)
When was Jonas Gricius born?
Jonas Gricius was born on 5 August 1928 in Kaunas.
When did Jonas Gricius die?
Jonas Gricius died on 1 February 2021 in Vilnius.
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Jonas Gricius was a camera operator and cinematographer.
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Jonas Gricius was Russian and Lithuanian.
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