Official Name: | Semeniškiai |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Label Position: | Location in Lithuania |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Panevėžys County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Biržai District Municipality |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 3 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 56.1581°N 24.9469°W |
Semeniškiai is a village in Panevėžys County, in northeastern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 3 people. Jonas Mekas, a Lithuanian American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has often been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema" was born in Semeniškiai in 1922. His work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals worldwide.[1]