Greta Griniute

Director

Greta Griniute is a freelance writer/director with a passion for comedy. Born in Lithuania, Greta spread her wings after high school when she moved to the UK to study physical theatre and acting. Greta’s passion for film and theatre soon led her to Italy where she began her career as an assistant director with acclaimed theatre company MOTUS. Greta’s filmmaking career first took off when she attended the international film festival Cinemademare, writing and directing a handful of her own shorts as well as assisting on many others. Straight after Greta was invited to a playwright festival "Dramokratija" in Lithuania, where she wrote her first full length play.
Due to her hard work she received a scholarship to study screenwriting in Los Angeles, Greta went on to write and direct her best known short film ‘Tickle My Pickle’ which has screened at festivals worldwide including LA Shorts as well as picking up a Best Director nomination at ARFF Berlin. Most recently Greta has completed both an MA in Directing Fiction at Goldsmiths University of London as well as a filmmaking workshop at Prague Film School. Both the shorts she made during this time are currently screening at festivals, most notably ‘Rice & Bread’ which was selected to premiere at the London Short Film Festival 2020. Greta is currently in pre-production with her latest short film ‘The First Sunday After the First Full Moon’ while continuing to develop further ideas for features and theatre plays.

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, "RAFFICHE" MOTUS THEATRE COMPANY various venues, 4 WEEKS, 2017
DIRECTOR, " I wanted to be Britney, Whitney & JLO" dramatic reading, 1 week, 2017
DIRECTOR, "Vagina Monologues" Derby Theatre, 12 weeks, 2016

Training

Gecko workshops for physical theatre
Complicite workshops for physical theatre and movement
Maison Foo workshop for puppetry
Prague Film school
Dramokratija workshops for playwrights
BA Theatre Arts at Derby University
Experience day with Katie Mitchell at National Theatre, staging "Cleansed"
MA Directing Fiction at Goldsmiths University

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

What I do

  • Costume Design
  • Devising
  • Dramaturgy
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Performance Art
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Set Design
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Sound Design
  • Street Theatre
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Video Design
  • Working with Deaf non-professional adults / children
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with disabled artists
  • Working with learning disabled adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Lithuanian, Italian

Social

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