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Rimantas Gruodis was born in 1946 in Šiauliai, Lithuania. A Vilnius University graduate in 1977, he worked at the Lithuanian Film Studio as a camera assistant and assistant director on feature films, editor, scriptwriter and director of newsreels and documentaries (1964-1990). Since 1992, he has been working as an independent film director, producer and cameraman. In 1994 he founded production company Periferija.