Jānis Streičs
Jānis Streičs (26 September 1936 – 5 March 2026) was a Latvian film director and artist. His 1991 comedy film The Child of Man was runner-up for the Chicago International Children's Film Festival Rights of the Child Award in 1994. It had previously been Latvia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but did not make the shortlist.
Jānis Streičs
Valsts kanceleja/ State Chancellery from Rīga, Latvija · Toms Norde, Valsts kanceleja · Apbalvo Ministru kabineta balvas 2011. gadā laureātus · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Name
- Jānis Streičs
- Born
- 26 September 1936
- Birthplace
- Preiļi, Latvia
- Died
- 5 March 2026
- Place of death
- Veisiejai, Lithuania
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Education
- Latvian State conservatory
- Nationality
- Latvia · Soviet Union
- Honours
- Honored Art Worker of the Latvian SSR · Order of the Three Stars · Lenin Komsomol Prize · Lielais Kristaps
- Languages
- Latvian
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In 1978 Theater, in 1981 A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve and in 1991 The Child of Man received the Latvian Film Prize as the best film of the year. Streičs died in Lithuania on 5 March 2026, at the age of 89. He was buried in the Petrauski cemetery in Riebiņi parish.
Attēlā (no kreisās): kinorežisors Jānis Streičs
Valsts kanceleja/ State Chancellery from Rīga, Latvija · Toms Norde, Valsts kanceleja · Apbalvo Ministru kabineta balvas 2011. gadā laureātus
Attēlā (no kreisās): Ārlietu ministrs Edgars Rinkēvičs, kinorežisors Jānis Streičs un Ministru prezidens Valdis Dombrovskis
Valsts kanceleja/ State Chancellery from Rīga, Latvija · Toms Norde, Valsts kanceleja · Apbalvo Ministru kabineta balvas 2011. gadā laureātus
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• Name — Jānis Streičs • Born — 26 September 1936 • Birthplace — Preiļi, Latvia • Died — 5 March 2026 • Place of death — Veisiejai, Lithuania • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Education — Latvian State conservatory
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Jānis Streičs died.
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- 1.89 gadu vecumā mūžībā devies izcilais latviešu kinorežisors Jānis Streičs. www.lsm.lv consulté.
- 2.Foreign Oscar entries submitted consulté.
- 3.Agnese Meiere. «Līdz pat šai dienai neesmu raudājis.». ieva.lv. 2011 consulté.
- 4.75. jubileju atzīmē latviešu kinorežisors Jānis Streičs. delfi.lv. 2011 consulté.
- 5.A Chapter in Latvian Cinema History: The Process of Cinefication (1940–1941; 1944–1953). ResearchGate. lire en. 2023.
- 6.Drīz virši Likteņdzirnās ziedēs uz ekrāna. Diena (journal) Diena. 26 septembre 1997 consulté.
- 7.Andrejs Makwitz. ‘Likteņdzirnas’ contrasts ideals, realities. latviansonline.com. 2001 consulté.
- 8.Jāņa Streiča jubilejā - Likteņdzirnas. kinoraksti.lv. 26 septembre 2016 consulté.
- 9.Atklāta šokējoša patiesība par Kristapa Streiča nāvi. jauns.lv. 2011.
- 10.Lielā Kristapa atklāšana veltīta režisoram Jānim Streičam. lielaiskristaps.lv. 2016 consulté.
- 11.Triju Zvaigžņu ordeņi savu īpašnieku rokās. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 05.05.1998 consulté.
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