Pavel Juráček

Born: 1935-08-02 in Príbram, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Died: 1989-05-20

Known For: Writing

Biography

Pavel Juráček was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU. Although not as famous as Miloš Forman or Jiří Menzel, he was an exponent of the Czech New Wave as well. He worked at Prague Barrandov Studios; however after his satirical movie Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) was shelved, his movie career came to an end.

Filmography

2018

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel as Self

2009

Golden Sixties as Self (archive footage)

2002

The Key for Determining Dwarfs or The Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver ... (Book)

1990

Ark of Fools ... (Creative Producer)

1989

Škola detektívky ... (Writer)

1979

House Call ... (Story)

1978

On the Great River ... (Story)
Settlement of Crows ... (Story)

1971

Kinoautomat ... (Story)

1970

Nevěsta ... (Creative Producer)
Fruit of Paradise ... (Creative Producer)
A Case for a Rookie Hangman ... (Director)

1969

Diane's Body ... (Creative Producer)
Larks on a String ... (Creative Producer)
Zvony pana Hejhuly ... (Screenplay)
Krvavý román ... (Screenplay)

1967

The End of August at the Hotel Ozone ... (Story)

1966

Daisies ... (Story)
An Occasion to Speak as Self
Nobody Will Laugh ... (Screenplay)
Every Young Man ... (Story)

1964

The Jester's Tale ... (Screenplay)
Joseph Kilian ... (Story)