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Egle Vertelyte
Profession:
Writer
Country:
Lithuania
Egle Vertelyte is a Lithuanian screenwriter and director with an MA in Screenwriting from the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in the UK.
Her feature debut premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, was selected by over 50 festivals—including six A-class—and sold to 24 territories. It received four Silver Crane awards—Lithuania’s national film awards—for Best Film, Director, Screenwriter, and Actress.
Her second feature, Tasty., premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and FilmFestival Cottbus, and earned eight Silver Crane nominations, including Best Director and Best Screenplay (co-written with Irena Kuneviciute).
Egle also collaborates with other filmmakers as a screenwriter and script consultant. She wrote 9th Step (2022, dir. Irma Puzauskaite), acquired by HBO and awarded at several festivals. Her latest work, Southern Chronicles (2024, dir. Ignas Miskinis), based on a novel, became the highest-grossing film in Lithuanian history and won Best Baltic Film at Tallinn.
She teaches screenwriting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, mentors emerging talent, and is a PhD candidate in film.
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Tasty
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