Known for

Directing

Place of birth

Latvia - USSR

Jānis Putniņš

Studied at the German Language Department of the University of Latvia, Faculty of Foreign Languages. Holds a Bachelor's degree in Film Directing from the Massachusetts College of Art, a Master's degree in Media Studies / English from the State University of New York. He has been director of several Latvian film studios and Latvian National Opera. He was the creative director of ADELL Saatchi & Saatchi.

Titles

Vogelfrei

Movie • 2007

Eliyahu Rips: The Burning

Movie • 2016

I Shall Return as a Flaming Rose

Movie • 2014

Tempest

Movie • 2021

The Year Before the War

Movie • 2021

He Was Called Chaos Berzins

Movie • 2018

Lotus

Movie • 2025