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

Larks on a String ... (Creative Producer)
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

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

1969

Diane's Body ... (Creative Producer)
Krvavý román ... (Screenplay)
Zvony pana Hejhuly ... (Screenplay)

1967

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

1966

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

1964

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