Džiugas Grinys graduated with a Theatre Art degree from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Over the course of a wide-ranging five-year career in theatre, Džiugas Grinys has worked with acclaimed theatre director Oskaras Koršunovas, and has represented Lithuanian theatre on the international stage, participating in various theatre festivals worldwide. On the big screen, his debut in a leading role will be in Ignas Miškinis’ upcoming The Southern Chronicles [+see also:
film review
interview: Ignas Miškinis
film profile]. Further film credits include Algimantas Puipa’s Cinephilia (2021) and Kristijonas Vildžiūnas’ Songs for a Fox [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Džiugas Grinys
interview: Kristijonas Vildziunas
film profile] (2021). His most recent film is Robertas Kuliūnas’ Aš Gyvas (2023).

Now selected for EFP's 2024 European Shooting Stars, he talks to us about his emerging career.