František Vláčil
Born: 1924-02-19 in Cesky Tesin, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic
Died: 1999-01-27
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia František Vláčil (February 19, 1924, Český Těšín – January 28, 1999, Prague) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist. Between 1945 and 1950, he studied esthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he worked in various groups and ateliers (e.g. on animated films), but his main area became played film. His films are well known for extraordinarily high art quality. Vláčil was awarded many film prizes like the Prize of the International Film Festival 1998 in Karlovy Vary or the Czech Lion Prize for his longstanding contribution to world film culture.
Filmography
2009
- Golden Sixties as Self (archive footage)
1995
- GENUS as Self
1991
- Pražský Odysseus ... (Director)
- In the Web of Time as Self
1989
- Rakovina vůle as (uncredited)
1988
- Magician ... (Director)
1986
- Shades of Fern ... (Director)
1985
- Albert ... (Director)
- My Sweet Little Village as děda František Ticháček
- Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval as Self - Audience Member
1984
- The Snowdrop Festival
- The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley ... (Director)
1982
- Serpent's Poison ... (Director)
1980
- Concert at the End of Summer ... (Director)
1978
- Shadows of a Hot Summer ... (Director)
1977
- Smoke on the Potato Fields ... (Director)
1975
- Sirius ... (Director)
1974
- Karlovy Vary Promenades ... (Director)
- Art Nouveau's Prague ... (Screenplay)
1973
- The Legend of the Silver Fir ... (Screenplay)
1972
- A City in White ... (Director)
1970
- Adelheid ... (Director)
1968
- The Valley of the Bees ... (Director)
1967
- Marketa Lazarová ... (Director)
1963
1962
- The Devil's Trap ... (Director)
1960
- No Entrance ... (Director)
- The White Dove ... (Director)
1959
1958
- Clouds of Glass ... (Story)
1956
- Garrison in the Peak ... (Screenplay)
- Letter from front ... (Writer)
1955
- Tank Brigade ... (Art Direction)
1954
- Remembrance ... (Director)
- Modrý den ... (Screenplay)
1953
- Létání bez vidu podle systému OSP ... (Screenplay)
1952
- Nový průmysl ... (Screenplay)
1951
- Electricity Management ... (Director)
- Thermal Revolution ... (Director)
- Accidents by Electricity in Industry ... (Director)
1950
- Cure N. 2357 ... (Director)