
Štefan Uher
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-07-04
Day of Death
1993-03-29 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Prievidza, Slovakia
Štefan Uher
Biography
Štefan Uher (4 July 1930 – 29 March 1993) was a Slovak film director, one of the members of the Czechoslovak New Wave.
He was born in Prievidza on 4 June 1930. He graduated from the FAMU in Prague in 1955. Among his fellow students were future directors Martin Hollý Jr. and Peter Solan. All three began to work at the Koliba film studios (then called the Feature Film Studio and the Short Film Studio) in Bratislava after graduation.
Uher first worked in the short film division. The first movie he directed was My z deviatej A about the life of a group of 15-year-old students and their school. His second feature was The Sun in a Net. His next two movies The Organ (1964), and Three Daughters (1967) were based on screenplay by Alfonz Bednár.
He worked with a composer Ilja Zeljenka on 8 of his movies. Uher's last film She Grazed Horses on Concrete (1982) has remained one of Slovakia's most popular domestic productions through the 2000s. The film was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.
Crew
(1989)
The Curator of Outdoor Museum
Screenplay, Director
(1983)
She Kept Asking for the Moon
Director, Screenplay
(1982)
Kosenie Jastrabej lúky
Director
(1979)
Great Times
Director, Screenplay
(1979)
Kamarátky
Director
(1978)
Penelopa
Director
(1976)
If I Had a Girl
Director
(1975)
Big Night and Big Day
Director
(1975)
Studené podnebie
Director
(1973)
Maple and Juliana
Director
(1973)
Dolina
Screenplay, Director
(1971)
If I Had a Gun
Director
(1969)
The Genius
Director
(1968)
Three Daughters
Director
(1967)
Miraculous Virgin
Director
(1965)
The Organ
Director
(1963)
The Sun in a Net
Director
(1963)
Interview
Screenplay, Story
(1962)
My z deviatej A
Director
(1959)
Marked by Darkness
Writer, Director
(1958)
Once upon a time there was friendship
Director, Screenplay