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Vytautas V. Landsbergis (born 25 May 1962 in Vilnius): Lithuanian writer, journalist, director of films and theater, children's book writer, son of Vytautas Landsbergis and father of Gabrielius Landsbergis. [1]
He studied at the Vilnius Antanas Vienuolis School. Studied at Vilnius University in the philology faculty, finished Lithuanian studies. Studied directing at the Tbilisi Theater Institute and Jonas Mekas' Anthology Archive in New York. In 1996 V. V. Landsbergis studied theater directing in Leeds, UK the young European director's school.
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