Eduard Grečner
Born: 1931-09-21 in Kopčany, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]
Known For: Writing
Biography
Eduard Grečner (1931, Czechoslovakia) is a director and writer, known for his feature debut Every Week Seven Days (1964), Nylon Moon (1965) and Dragon’s Return (1968). From 1950-1954 he studied at FAMU in Prague. Subsequently, he started working as a playwright, screenwriter and director in the Studia Film Studio at Koliba in Bratislava. He was an assistant director to Štefan Uher on his seminal Slnko v sieti (1963), the first work of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Grečner also acted in several films and made many television films. In the late 1980s, he was the first to chair the Slovak Film Association. In the 1990s, he returned briefly to directing and made two films. In 2018, a monograph about him – written by the Czech film scientist Milan Cyroň – was published.
Filmography
2021
- Bratislavské pondelky as Self
2018
2013
2009
- Golden Sixties as Self
2006
1996
- Jaškov sen ... (Director)
1993
- Earthly Disturbance ... (Director)
1978
- Príbelská vzbura Janka Kráľa ... (Story)
1972
- Mŕtve oči ... (Director)
1968
- Dragon's Return ... (Screenplay)
1966
- Nylon Moon ... (Director)
1964
- Kolíska ... (Screenplay)
- Every Week Seven Days ... (Screenplay)
1963
- The Sun in a Net ... (First Assistant Director)
- The Boxer and Death
1962
- My z deviatej A ... (First Assistant Director)
1960
- Strieborný Favorit ... (Screenplay)