State Committee for Cinematography
In 1976-1978 Budraitis studied at the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors under the State Committee for Cinematography in Moscow, and then probationed as an assistant director on the set where his master and teacher was Žalakevičius. But the director's career of Budraitis did not work out after the failure of his debut film "City of Birds" (1982) based on the story of Yuri Olesha.