In 1986, he graduated from Vilnius University (physics), in 1992, at the Lithuanian Academy of Music, a bachelor's degree in feature film directing (student of V. Žalakevicius, A. Žebriūnas), and in 1999, a master's degree (with A. Žebriūnas). Interned in Poland (1992 at the film studio TOR in Warsaw with K. Zanussi), Germany (1995 at the directing course of the European Film Academy at the Babelsberg film studio in Berlin, 2001), Denmark (1996 at the production course at the Baltic Film Center, 1998 at the film company Nordisk Film AS and the Danish Film Institute in Copenhagen , 2000), Sweden (2001), Israel (2002), Great Britain (2006), Russia (2006-07).
