Petr Zelenka

Petr Zelenka (born August 21, 1967 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech writer and director.

His most notable work is a black comedy, "Tales of Common Insanity" (Czech: "Příběhy obyčejného šílenství"), which he personally directed at Dejvické divadlo. He received Alfréd Radok Award for Best Play. The play was later staged in other Czech theatres as well as in Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. It was also published in English and translated to Russian. In 2005 Zelenka made the comedy into a not so acclaimed film, released as "Wrong Side Up". His second most notable play is "Teremin", inspired by the life of Russian inventor Léon Theremin.

elected films

*2005 - "Wrong Side Up" (Příběhy obyčejného šílenství, screenplay and direction), received the Critics Award at the Moscow IFF and the Don Quijote Award at Cottbus
*2002 – "Year of The Devil" (Rok ďábla, screenplay and direction), FIPRESCI Prize at the Cottbus IFF, six Czech Lion Awards including Best film and Best director, Prize Trieste at Trieste film festival
*2000 – "Loners" (Samotáři, co-author of screenplay)
*1997 – "Buttoners" (Knoflíkáři, screenplay and direction), winner of a Tiger award at the Rotterdam IFF
*1996 – "Mňága – Happy End" (screenplay and direction), won several awards at the film festivals in Cottbus, Plzeň and České Budějovice [http://www.czechcentre.org.uk/events/music/mnagazdorp.html]

External links

* [http://www.theatre.cz/art/clanek.asp?id=7558 Short bio plus info about "Tales of Common Insanity"] at divadlo.cz (in English)
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