Vladimír Michálek

Vladimír Michálek (born November 2 1956, Mladá Boleslav) is a Czech film director and screenwriter.

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, Reinhard Hauff, Ted Kotcheff, Margarethe von Trotta and Bernhard Wicky. [ [http://www.openfieldpictures.com/material/RaD.pdf Of Parents and Children] ]

Work

1994 was the year of the release of his first feature film, "Amerika", a free adaptation of the Kafka novel. In 1996 "Forgotten Light" followed, a film adaption of the Jakub Deml novel. The film ran on the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, as did this next movie, "Sekal Has to Die", two years later. [ [http://www.kviff.com/en/film-archive-detail/20010720-angel-exit/ Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Angel Exit] ] The latter won ten Czech Lion awards, including Best Direction, and succeeded "Forgotten Light" as the Czech Oscar-nominee. 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.

He is also working for TV productions, and created the "Black Angels" music video for the band Lucie.

Filmography

Documentary Films

* "In the Temple of Nature" (1987)
* "The Painful Silence" (1990)
* "Oh Mr. Anderson" (1992)

Feature Films

* "Amerika" (1994)
* "Forgotten Light" (1996)
* "Sekal Has to Die" (1998)
* "Prague Stories" (1999, et al.)
* "Angel Exit" (2000)
* "Autumn Spring" (2003)
* "Darkness" (2005)
* "City of Birds" (upcoming)
*"Of Parents and Children"(2008)

External links

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* [http://www.menemshafilms.com/clientuploads/presskit/Press_Kit_Autumn_Spring.pdf Press release for Autumn Spring] (PDF, includes a short Michàlek biography)

References

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