Girts Ecis was born in 1971.

In 1993, he graduated from the School of Film Actors at Riga Film Studio.

In 1997 he received a Bachelor of Latvian Academy of Culture - a course of acting and directing, and in 2002 - a Master's degree, directing studio.

In 2007 he graduated from director's master course at Moscow Art Theatre School.

He staged performances in Riga, Omsk, Moscow and Perm. Among them:

‘Advent at Silmaco’ by Lauris Gundars (Liepaja Theatre)

‘Vigil. The Dream of waking up ‘by M. Panic (New Riga Theatre)

‘Duet’ by A. Eskin, Concert for the Day of Theatre ‘Three Spriditis: There and Back’ (theater Dailes)

‘Creaky silence’ No99 (National Theatre)

‘Blackbird’ by D. Harrower (National Theatre)

‘Dostoevsky Trip’ by Sorokin (New Riga Theatre)

‘Knives in hens' by D. Harrower (Chelovek Moscow Drama Theatre).

At Mayakovsky Theatre together with Mindaugas Karbauskis Girts staged ‘August: Osage County.’