
Jana Boková
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Jana Boková
Biography
Boková (born in 1948) is a Czech film director.
Born in Prague, she left Czechoslovakia at the time of the Soviet invasion in August 1968 to attend a conference of art students in Austria, then emigrated to Paris, France to study at the Sorbonne. She then lived in the United States and worked as a contributing photographer for Rolling Stone magazine, and subsequently became a film student at the National Film School in England debuting as a film director in 1975 with the critically acclaimed Militia Battlefield. She made films regularly for the BBC arts series Omnibus and Arena, winning many international awards.
She wrote and directed the 1986 drama film Hôtel du Paradis, which was shown out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987.
In 2001, Boková was approached by musician Eric Clapton to direct a music video, but ended up filming a feature-length documentary film called Eric Clapton and Friends which covered Clapton's band's rehearsals and preparations for a world tour.
In 2003, the Cinémathèque Française hosted a complete retrospective of Boková's work.
In 2012 Jana Bokova received a Czech award for cultural achievement.
Known For
Acting
(2005)
Night Watch
as Lady Cocaina
Crew
(2003)
Eric Clapton and Friends
Director, Director of Photography
(2000)
Before Night Falls
Documentation & Support
(1998)
Diary for a Tale
Director
(1994)
Bahia of All the Saints
Director, Producer
(1990)
Havana
Director
(1986)
Paradise Hotel
Director, Writer
(1984)
Sunset People
Director
(1981)
Dallas — The Big Store
Director, Producer
(1980)
Quinn Running
Director
(1980)
Blue Moon
Producer, Director
(1979)
I Look Like This
Director
(1978)
Living Room
Producer, Director
(1978)
Marevna and Marika
Director
(1977)
Love Is Like a Violin
Director, Editor
(1977)
Just One More War
Director
(1975)
Militia Battefield
Director
(1974)
Jokey
Director
(1973)
Déjà Vu
Director
(1972)
A Cette Minute
Director