Josef Mach
Born: 1909-02-25 in Prostejov, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Died: 1987-07-07
Known For: Directing
Biography
Josef Mach (25 February 1909, in Prostějov – 7 July 1987, in Prague) was a Czech actor, screenwriter and film director. Josef Mach worked as a journalist and stage performer at the beginning of his career, then in 1938 was appointed assistant director of short films at Grafo Film Studio working with director Václav Kubásek. From 1946 Mach directed many feature films for Barrandov Studios in Prague. He is best known for The Sons of Great Bear, a 1966 Red Western film that he directed for the East German DEFA film studio.
Filmography
1978
- Quiet American in Prague ... (Director)
1976
- Paleta lásky ... (Screenplay)
1974
- Tři nevinní ... (Story)
1973
- Duhový luk ... (Director)
1972
- Člověk není sám ... (Screenplay)
1970
- A Killer on the Tracks ... (Director)
1968
- Objížďka ... (Director)
1966
- Black Panthers ... (Director)
- The Sons of Great Bear ... (Director)
1963
- Tři chlapi v chalupě ... (Director)
- Prosím, nebudit ... (Screenplay)
1961
- Florián ... (Screenplay)
- Valčík pro milión ... (Director)
1959
- Zatoulané dělo ... (Director)
1958
- Bitter Love ... (Director)
1957
- Playing with the Devil ... (Director)
- Florenc 13,30 ... (Director)
1956
- Muž v povětří ... (Screenplay)
1954
- Homeland ... (Story)
1952
- Action B ... (Director)
1950
- Racek Is Late ... (Director)
1949
- Na dobré stopě ... (Director)
- The Green Notebook ... (Director)
- Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky ... (Director)
- Vzbouření na vsi ... (Director)
1948
- Wild Beasts ... (Screenplay)
1947
- Portáši ... (Screenplay)
- Nobody Knows Anything ... (Director)
1946
- Velký případ ... (Director)
- V horách duní ... (Director)
- Magical River ... (Story)
- 13th district ... (Assistant Production Manager)
1944
- Skalní plemeno ... (Assistant Director)
1943
- Čtrnáctý u stolu ... (Screenplay)
1942
- Městečko na dlani ... (Screenplay)
- Host do domu ... (Screenplay)
1941
- Lawyer of the Poor ... (Screenplay)
- Modrý závoj ... (Story)
1940
- Okénko do nebe ... (Screenplay)
- Dceruška k pohledání ... (Screenplay)
1939
- Dvojí život ... (Assistant Director)
- Mořská panna ... (Assistant Director)
- Ženy u benzinu ... (Screenplay)
1938
1934
- The Last Man as student
- Rozpustilá noc
1930
- Child of the Periphery ... (First Assistant Director)