Valdas Navasaitis, born in Kaunas (Lithuania) in 1960. 1977-1982 - Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture, Department of Forest Husbandry (Kaunas). 1982-1984 - Lithuanian Academy of Science, Institute of Forest Husbandry. 1983-1986 - Film studio Banga - director, scriptwriter, director of photography. 1984 - Expedition to Siberia with Sharunas Bartas (documentary Tofalarija). 1988-1993 - VGIK - Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, Department of Film Directing. 1992-1997 - Film scriptwriter and director in studio Kinema, Vilnius). 1999 - VG Studio, Managing Director. Member of the Lithuanian Indedependent Producers Association, Lithuanian Filmmakers Association. Filmography: Tofalaria (documentary, 16mm, 12 min, 1985, prod. Sharunas Bartas, Valdas Navasaitis); Autumn Snow (documentary, 35mm, 16 min, 1992, prod. studio Kinema); Spring (documentary, 35mm, 20 min, 1997, prod. studio Kinema, Sodaperaga productions France); The Courtyard (feature, 35mm, 90min, 1999, prod. Uljana Kim studio Lithuania, Les Films d’Observatoire France, ARTE Cinema France, Valdas Navasaitis).