# Vytautas Katkus

Vytautas Katkus (born 3 September 1991) is a Lithuanian film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter.

## Biography

Vytautas Katkus was born on 3 September 1991, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
He graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre with a master's degree in cinematography and directing in 2014, and began working as a camera assistant on around twenty films and commercials in Lithuania and abroad.
Vytautas Katkus has twice won the award for Best Young Director of photography from the Lithuanian Association of Directors of Photography, of which he has been a member since 2016.
In 2019, his first short film Collective Gardens was selected for the Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week, and his second short film Places premiered in 2020 at the Venice Film Festival as part of the Orrizonti program.
After several collaborations as a cinematographer and cameraman with producer Marija Razgutė and M-Films, he directed his third short film, Cherries, in 2022, produced by M-Films, which was selected in the short film category at the Cannes Film Festival.
Vytautas Katkus is currently developing his first feature film, The Visitor, with screenwriter Marija Kavtaradzė and producer Marija Razgutė, a second collaboration with M-films and other international partners like Totem Films (France).
On each of his projects as a director, Vytautas Katkus had assistant director Robertas Nevecka.

## Filmography
### Director

* 2011 : Išskalbta pasaka (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
* 2014 : Parketo skutėjai (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
* 2015 : Igloo (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
* 2019 : Community Gardens (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
* 2020 : Places (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
* 2022 : Cherries (fiction / 15 min / Lithuania)
* 2024 : The Visitor (fiction / feature film / Lithuania, France / in development)

### Cinematographer

* 2016 : 12 kėdžių directed by Algis Ramanauskas (fiction).
* 2017 : Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys – Indai directed by Saulius Baradinskas (music video).
* 2017 : Hamster House directed by Titas Laucius (documentary short film).
* 2017 : Kambariokai directed by Titas Laucius (short film).
* 2018 : Summer Survivors directed by Marija Kavtaradzė, Laurynas Bareiša (fiction).
* 2018 : Animus Animalis directed by Aistė Žegulytė (documentary).
* 2019 : Monique - Virš vandens directed by Saulius Baradinskas (music video).
* 2019 : Nacionalinės premijos laureatų vaikai directed by Kamilė Milašiūtė (short film).
* 2019 : Community Gardens directed by Vytautas Katkus (short film).
* 2019 : Auksinės minutės directed by Saulius Baradinskas (short film).
* 2019 : From Mother to Daughter directed by Vytautas Puidokas (experimental film).
* 2020 : Places directed by Vytautas Katkus (short film).
* 2021 : The Roop – Discoteque directed by Saulius Baradinskas (music video).
* 2021 : The Roop – OhMyGodable directed by Saulius Baradinskas (music video).
* 2021 : Automobilių stovėjimo aikštelė directed by Jorė Janavičiūtė (short film).
* 2021 : Nevermore 2021|Nevermore directed by Gerda Paliušytė (experimental documentary).
* 2021 : Techno, mama directed by Saulius Baradinskas (short film).
* 2021 : Motinos directed by Birutė Kapustinskaitė (short film).
* 2022 : Pasakyk, kad myli directed by Elena Rožukaitė (short film).
* 2022 : Kaip būti žmogumi? directed by Jorė Janavičiūtė (short film).
* 2022 : Businessman directed by Lukas Kacinauskas (short film).
* 2023 : Happy Next Year directed by Lukas Kacinauskas (short film).
* 2024 : Toxic directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė (feature film).

## Awards
### Accolades

| Festival and Year | Category | Name of the Movie | Result (Win or Nominated) |
| Vilnius International Film Festival Kino pavasaris 2011 | Best Student Film Award | Išskalbta pasaka | Nominated |
| Lithuanian Association of Cinematographers 2014 | Best Short Cinematography | Parketo skutėjai | Win |
| Lithuanian Cinema Goes Berlin Festival 2015 | Best Film Award | Igloo | Win |
| European Film Festival Scanorama 2015 | Lithuanian short | Igloo | Nominated |
| Lithuanian Film Awards 2019 | Best Director | Community Gardens | Win |
| Cannes' Festival 2019 | Semaine de la Critique | Community Gardens | Selected |
| Concorto Film Festival 2019 | Best Short Film | Community Gardens | Win |
| Ghent International Film Festival 2019 | Best Short Film | Community Gardens | Win |
| Helsinki International Film Festival 2019 | Selections | Community Gardens | Nominated |
| Riga International Film Festival 2019 | Selections | Community Gardens | Nominated |
| Venice Film Festival 2020 | Orizzonti Competition | Places | Nominated |
| Valladolid International Film Festival 2020 | Selections | Places | Nominated |
| Ghent International Film Festival 2020 | Selections | Places | Nominated |
| Cannes Film Festival 2022 | International short | Cherries | Nominated |
| Telluride Film Festival 2022 | International short | Cherries | Nominated |
| Valladolid International Film Festival 2022 | International short | Cherries | Nominated |
| Ghent International Film Festival 2022 | International short | Cherries | Nominated |
| Montreal World Film Festival 2022 | International short | Cherries | Nominated |