RimasTuminas 1970 - 1974 studied TV directing at the Lithuanian State Conservatory. 1978 graduated from directing at A. LunačiarskiyTheater Art Institute in Moscow (GITIS, J. Tumanov's course). 1979 - 1990 worked as a director since 1994. chief director at the Lithuanian State Academic Drama Theatre. 1990. founded the Vilnius Little Theater (since 1997 and is currently the artistic director of this theater). 1995 - 1998 Head of the Lithuanian State Academic Drama Theater, 1998 - 1999. Director General of the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. Since 2007 works as the artistic director of the State Academic J. Vakhtangov Theater, Moscow (Russia). Since 1981 works as a pedagogue at the Acting and Directing Department of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, and has also taught at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Director Rimas Tuminas staged close to 60 plays. His works have been shown in various theaters around the world: USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, England, Holland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Italy , South Korea, Colombia, Mexico, China, Romania. Many performances won various prizes at international theater festivals.