Gunārs Piesis

Gunārs Piesis

Nascimento : 1931-06-19, Latvia

Morte : 1996-02-09

História

Gunārs Piesis represents the first generation of professionally schooled Latvian directors. Piesis was the first one to dare to adapt Rainis for the screen. Gunārs Piesis was also the first to turn to Latvian fairy-tales

Perfil

Gunārs Piesis

Filmes

Maija and Paija
Director
Fairytale of the the good girl and the bad girl, who gets the prince?
Little Tom Thumb
Screenplay
Little Tom Thumb's evil stepmother exploits him amd makes his life very hard, so the little shepherd boy decides to leave home and seek happiness in the world outside. There little Tom Thumb meets the Wind Mother, Forest Mother and a little old man on his way. Each of them gives him a chore to do that earns him a gift with magical power, which comes in handy when he has to defeat Scrooges, Lop-Eared Man and the Devil himself. While traveling in the world and looking for happiness, he realises he misses his grandmother and little sister...
Little Tom Thumb
Director
Little Tom Thumb's evil stepmother exploits him amd makes his life very hard, so the little shepherd boy decides to leave home and seek happiness in the world outside. There little Tom Thumb meets the Wind Mother, Forest Mother and a little old man on his way. Each of them gives him a chore to do that earns him a gift with magical power, which comes in handy when he has to defeat Scrooges, Lop-Eared Man and the Devil himself. While traveling in the world and looking for happiness, he realises he misses his grandmother and little sister...
The Game
Co-Director
Laikmetu griežos
Writer
A film based on novels by Latvian writer Andrejs Upīts tells a story about Latvian peasants around the 16th/17th century when they were under the role of several other countries.
Laikmetu griežos
Director
A film based on novels by Latvian writer Andrejs Upīts tells a story about Latvian peasants around the 16th/17th century when they were under the role of several other countries.
Your Son
Co-Writer
Your Son
Director
Male Games in the Open Air
Co-Director
Relations of two sportsmen who often forget that they are not the only ones in the stadium.
Blow, Wind!
Writer
Based on a stage play of the same name by the one of the biggest names in the history of Latvian literature Rainis, "Put, vejini" tells a story of an unconventional love that blossoms between the handsome, wealthy and impetuous merchant Uldis and the timid, humble and clear-hearted orphan Baiba.
Blow, Wind!
Director
Based on a stage play of the same name by the one of the biggest names in the history of Latvian literature Rainis, "Put, vejini" tells a story of an unconventional love that blossoms between the handsome, wealthy and impetuous merchant Uldis and the timid, humble and clear-hearted orphan Baiba.
In the Shadow of Death
Co-Writer
A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises.
In the Shadow of Death
Director
A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises.
Rīgas parki
Writer
A film about parks in Riga and their historical past and present.
Rīgas parki
Director
A film about parks in Riga and their historical past and present.
Memory of the Land
Writer
Memory of the Land
Director
Kārkli pelēkie zied
Director
A film about the intertwined fates of ordinary students and the artists of a youth theatre.
Salacgrīva
Director