title: Varis Brasla
text: # Varis Brasla
  
  Varis Brasla (born 25 April 1939) is a Latvian film director.
  
  Since 1965 he worked in Riga Film Studio. Several of his films, including Emil's Mischiefs and Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat were awarded with the Latvian National Film Prize award as the best film of the year.
  
  He was awarded the Order of Three Stars in 2009.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  ### Director filmography
  
  | Year | Film | Notes |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1976 | The Lake Sonata | |
  | 1978 | Pavasara ceļazīmes | |
  | 1980 | Novēli man lidojumam nelabvēlīgu laiku | Latvian National Film Prize in 1980 |
  | 1982 | Tereona galva | |
  | 1983 | Parāds mīlestībā | |
  | 1985 | Emil's Mischiefs | Latvian National Film Prize in 1985 |
  | 1987 | Aija | |
  | 1988 | Par mīlestību pašreiz nerunāsim | Latvian National Film Prize in 1988 |
  | 1991 | The Times of the Land-Surveyors | |
  | 1996 | Ziemassvētku jampadracis | |
  | 1996 | Kā tev klājas, Eidi? | also screenwriter |
  | 2004 | Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat | Latvian National Film Prize in 2005 |
  | 2017 | Grandpa More Dangerous Than Computer | |
  
  Other:
  
  * Brick Kiln (1972) (second unit director)
  * In the Shadow of Death (1971) (assistant director)
  * Four White Shirts/Breathe Deeply (1967) (second unit director)
  