
Known for
Directing
Born
December 5, 1950
Birthplace
Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
Died
June 23, 1992 (aged 41)
Juris Podnieks was born in Riga, Latvia in 1950. He graduated from the celebrated Soviet film school, VGIK, in 1975. He went to work at the Riga studio, first as assistant cameraman, then as cameraman before finally becoming a director in 1979. His first production "The Cradle" won a prize at the Leipzig Festival, and shortly afterwards "The Brothers Kokari” took first prize at the Kiev Youth Festival in 1981. In the same year he received wide recognition inside and outside of the Soviet Union for his film „Constellation of Riflemen” which won honours in the 17th All State Festival in Leningrad, and also the Latvian Kosovo prize. The film which first won him international recognition was...
2024
as Self (archival footage)
2003
1992
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
1992
Producer
1991
Director, Director of Photography
1991
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
1991
1990
Director
1990
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
1986
Director of Photography
1986
Director, Writer
1985
Writer, Director
1984
Director
1983
Cinematography
1982
Director, Writer
1981
Camera Operator
1981
Cinematography
1980
Director of Photography
1979
Writer, Director, Director of Photography
1979
Director of Photography
1978
Director, Director of Photography
1978
Director of Photography
1977
Camera Operator
1977
Director of Photography
1975
Director of Photography