Antonín Máša (22 July 1935 – 4 October 2001) was a Czech
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
.
His movie ''
Hotel for Strangers'' competed in
Cannes Film Festival.
Life
Máša was born in
Višňová on 22 July 1935. He was a childhood friend with
Pavel Juráček
Pavel Juráček (; 2 August 1935 – 20 May 1989) was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU. Juráček started as a screenwriter for many Czech New Wave movies until he became a director. He worked in Prague at the Ba ...
. They both went to study screenwriting at
Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
Filmography
As screenwriter
* ''A Place in the Group'' (1964)
* ''
Courage for Every Day'' (1965)
* ''Holiday for a Dog'' (1980)
* ''What’s the Matter With You, Doctor?'' (1984)
As director
* ''Searching'' (1965)
* ''
Hotel for Strangers'' (1967)
* ''Looking Back'' (1968)
* ''Rodeo'' (1972)
* ''
Proč nevěřit na zázraky
''Pro nevěřit na zázraky'' (English: Why Not Believe in Miracles?) is a 1977 Czechoslovak film. It was directed by Antonín Máša. The film starred Josef Kemr and Jiřina Třebická
Jiřina Třebická (1 November 1930 – 23 January 2005) ...
'' (1977)
* ''Silence of the Larks'' (1989)
* ''Were We Really Like This?'' (1990)
References
External links
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1935 births
2001 deaths
Czech film directors
Czech screenwriters
Male screenwriters
People from Příbram District
20th-century screenwriters
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