Gunārs Piesis
Born
June 19, 1931 in Latvia
Died
February 09, 1996
Popularity
0.2539
Biography
Gunārs Piesis represents the first generation of professionally schooled Latvian directors. Piesis was the first one to dare to adapt Rainis for the screen. Gunārs Piesis was also the first to turn to Latvian fairy-tales