Varis Brasla
Varis Brasla (born 25 April 1939) is a Latvian film director. Since 1965 he worked in Riga Film Studio. Several of his films, including Emil's Mischiefs and Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat were awarded with the Latvian National Film Prize award as the best film of the year.
Varis Brasla
- Name
- Varis Brasla
- Born
- 25 April 1939
- Birthplace
- Riga, Latvia
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- Latvia · Soviet Union
- Education
- Russian State Institute of Performing Arts
- Honours
- Order of the Three Stars
- Languages
- Latvian
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Varis Brasla (born 25 April 1939) is a Latvian film director. Since 1965 he worked in Riga Film Studio. Several of his films, including Emil's Mischiefs and Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat were awarded with the Latvian National Film Prize award as the best film of the year.
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He was awarded the Order of Three Stars in 2009.
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• Name — Varis Brasla • Birth Name — Varis Brasla • Born — 25 April 1939 • Birthplace — Riga, Latvia • Years Active — 1962 – • Occupation — Film director
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Director filmography
• Year — Film — Notes • 1976 — The Lake Sonata • 1978 — Pavasara ceļazīmes • 1980 — Novēli man lidojumam nelabvēlīgu laiku — Latvian National Film Prize in 1980 • 1982 — Tereona galva • 1983 — Parāds mīlestībā • 1985 — Emil's Mischiefs — Latvian National Film Prize in 1985 • 1987 — Aija • 1988 — Par mīlestību pašreiz nerunāsim — Latvian National Film Prize in 1988 • 1991 — The Times of the Land-Surveyors • 1996 — Ziemassvētku jampadracis • Kā tev klājas, Eidi? — also screenwriter • 2004 — Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat — Latvian National Film Prize in 2005 • 2017 — Grandpa More Dangerous Than Computer Other: • Brick Kiln (1972) (second unit director) • In the Shadow of Death (1971) (assistant director) • Four White Shirts/Breathe Deeply (1967) (second unit director)
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Varis Brasla is recorded as having received Order of the Three Stars.
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