Milan Šteindler (born 12 April 1957) is a Czech actor, screenwriter, and film director. He is a graduate of the

Academy of Performing Arts in Prague The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague ( cs, Akademie múzických umění v Praze, AMU) is a university in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic, specialising in the study of music, dance, drama, film, television and multi-media. It is the larg ...

. He won the Czech Lion Award for Best Director for his 1994 film, '' Thanks for Every New Morning''. He obtained the Silver St. George Award for Directing at the

19th Moscow International Film Festival The 19th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 July 1995. The Golden St. George was not awarded. Jury * Richard Gere (United States – President of the Jury) * Friedrich Gorenstein (Germany) * Aurelio De Laurentiis (Italy) ...

for the same film. Together with

David Vávra David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

, he founded Sklep Theatre in Prague in 1971. Along with

Petr Čtvrtníček Petr Čtvrtníček (born 5 April 1964 in Prague) is a Czech actor and comedian. Selected filmography * '' Kouř'' (1991) * ''Fany'' (1995) * '' Tomík'' (1997) * '' Česká soda'' (1998) * '' Mazaný Filip'' (2003) * '' Ivánku, kamaráde, mů ...

and Vávra, Šteindler wrote and directed the satirical television series ''

Czech Soda Česká soda was a satirical TV show created by Febio for Česká televize. The show was aired between the years 1993 and 1997. Total number of 14 episodes was created plus two New Year's Eve specials and a 1998 full-length picture. Running ti ...

''. As an actor, he has appeared in over sixty films.

Selected filmography

Awards and recognition

* Czech Lion Award for Best Director for '' Thanks for Every New Morning'', 1994 * Silver St. George Award for Directing,

Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...

, 1995

References

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* 1957 births Living people Czech film directors Czech male film actors Male actors from Prague {{CzechRepublic-film-director-stub