Vladimír Michálek (born 2 November 1956 in
Mladá Boleslav
Mladá Boleslav (; german: Jungbunzlau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 42,000 inhabitants.
Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region and a major centre of the Czech automotive ind ...
) is a Czech
film director
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and
screenwriter
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...
.
Life
Michálek graduated from Czech film Academy ''FAMU'', Prague, in 1992. Starting during his academic study he was filming documentaries. He joined the
Barrandov Studios as assistant director, where he worked with
Andrew Birkin (
Burning Secret),
Reinhard Hauff,
Ted Kotcheff
William Theodore Kotcheff (born April 7, 1931) is a Bulgarian-Canadian film and television director, writer and producer, known primarily for his work on British and American television productions such as '' Armchair Theatre'' and '' Law & Or ...
(
The Shooter),
Margarethe von Trotta and
Bernhard Wicki. He has four children.
Work
1994 was the year of the release of his first
feature film
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, ''Amerika'', a free adaptation of the
Kafka novel. In 1996 ''Forgotten Light'' followed, a film adaption of the
Jakub Deml
Jakub Deml (20 August 1878 – 10 February 1961) was a Czech Catholic priest and writer.
Life
Childhood and youth
Jakub Deml was born in Tasov (okres Žďár nad Sázavou), Tasov near Třebíč, Austria-Hungary, now the Czech Republic on 20 Aug ...
novel. The film ran on the
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
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, as did this next movie, ''Sekal Has to Die'', two years later. The latter won ten Czech Lion awards, including Best Direction, and succeeded ''Forgotten Light'' as the Czech
Oscar-nominee.
[Press release for Autumn Spring](_blank)
(PDF) As with ''America'', he wrote the screenplay for his film ''Angel Exit'' 2000. The film won the 2002 Daring Digital Award on the
Jeonju International Film Festival
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.
Autumn Spring (2001), starring
Vlastimil Brodský in his last role, received favorable reviews, including in
The New York Times
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and
The Washington Post
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. It won a number of prizes, such as the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2003
The Comedy Festival, as well as the Audience Awards of each the 2002
Cleveland International Film Festival
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, the 2002
St. Louis International Film Festival and the 2003
Sedona Film Festival
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The Sedona Film Festival screens feature films, documentary films, short films, animated films, and stu ...
.
He is also working for TV productions such as the 2003 series ''Záchranári''. He directed the music videos for the song ''Černí andělé'' (''Black Angels'') by the band
Lucie
Lucie is the French and Czech form of the female name Lucia. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Lucie Ahl, British tennis player
* Lucie Arnaz, American actress
* Lucie Aubrac, member of the French Resistance
* Lucie Baltha ...
,
[Vladimír Michálek](_blank)
at fdb.cz (Czech). and
Chinaski's ''Podléhám''.
Filmography
Documentary Films
* ''In the Temple of Nature'' (1987)
* ''The Painful Silence'' (1990)
* ''Oh Mr. Anderson'' (1992)
Feature Films
* ''Amerika'' (also screenplay, 1994)
* ''
Forgotten Light'' (''Zapomenuté světlo'', 1996)
* ''
Sekal Has to Die
''Sekal Has to Die'' ( cs, Je třeba zabít Sekala, pl, Zabić Sekala) is a 1998 Czech film directed by Vladimír Michálek. It was the Czech Republic's submission to the 71st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, b ...
'' (''Je třeba zabít Sekala'', 1998)
* ''Prague Stories'' (compilation contribution, also screenplay, 1999)
* ''
Angel Exit'' (screenplay written with
Jáchym Topol,
''Anděl Exit'', 2000)
* ''Autumn Spring'' (''Babí léto'' 2001)
* ''Of Parents and Children'' (also screenplay, ''O rodičích a dětech'', 2008)
* ''City of Birds'' (''Město ptáků'', upcoming)
[Cinema Soleil Productions]
City of Birds
TV films
* ''Jistota'' (1999)
* ''Lovec a datel'' (2004)
* ''Pískovna'' (2004)
External links
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References
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Czech film directors
Czech screenwriters
Male screenwriters
1956 births
Living people
People from Mladá Boleslav