Directing
Mantas Kvedaravičius
- Born
- Aug 28, 1976 · Aged 45
- Died
- Apr 2, 2022
- Place of birth
- Biržai, Lithuania
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 0
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 5
Also known as (2)
- Mantas Kvedaravichyus
- Мантас Кведаравичюс
Biography
Mantas Kvedaravičius (23 June 1976 – 30 March 2022; Biržai, Lithuanian SSR) was a Lithuanian filmmaker, documentary director, anthropologist and archaeologist known for war reporting in hostile areas. Mantas Kvedaravičius was killed on 30 March 2022 during the Siege of Mariupol (Russo-Ukrainian War). Kvedaravičius held a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge, and was an associate professor at Vilnius University. His doctoral thesis concerns "Knots of absence: death, dreams, and disappearances at the limits of law in the counter-terrorism zone of Chechnya" (Cambridge…