František Vláčil
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-02-19
Day of Death
1999-01-27 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Cesky Tesin, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic
František Vláčil
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
František Vláčil (February 19, 1924, Český Těšín – January 28, 1999, Prague) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist. Between 1945 and 1950, he studied esthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he worked in various groups and ateliers (e.g. on animated films), but his main area became played film. His films are well known for extraordinarily high art quality. Vláčil was awarded many film prizes like the Prize of the International Film Festival 1998 in Karlovy Vary or the Czech Lion Prize for his longstanding contribution to world film culture.
Known For
Acting
(1991)
In the Web of Time
as Self
(1989)
(1985)
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
as Self - Audience Member
(1985)
My Sweet Little Village
as děda František Ticháček
(1984)
(1963)
(1959)
Crew
(1991)
Pražský Odysseus
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1988)
Magician
Director
(1986)
Shades of Fern
Director, Screenplay
(1985)
Albert
Director
(1984)
(1982)
Serpent's Poison
Director, Screenplay
(1980)
Concert at the End of Summer
Director, Screenplay
(1978)
Shadows of a Hot Summer
Director
(1977)
Smoke on the Potato Fields
Director, Screenplay
(1975)
Sirius
Director
(1974)
Art Nouveau's Prague
Director, Screenplay
(1973)
The Legend of the Silver Fir
Screenplay, Director, Story
(1972)
The Town in White
Writer, Director
(1972)
Karlovy Vary Promenades
Director
(1970)
Adelheid
Director, Screenplay
(1968)
The Valley of the Bees
Director, Screenplay
(1967)
Marketa Lazarová
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1962)
The Devil's Trap
Director
(1960)
No Entrance
Screenstory, Screenplay, Director
(1960)
The White Dove
Director, Screenplay
(1958)
Clouds of Glass
Story, Director, Screenplay
(1956)
Garrison in the Peak
Screenplay, Director
(1956)
Letter from front
Director, Writer
(1955)
Tank Brigade
Art Direction
(1954)
Modrý den
Idea, Screenplay
(1954)
Remembrance
Director, Screenplay
(1953)
Létání bez vidu podle systému OSP
Screenplay, Director
(1952)
Nový průmysl
Idea, Screenplay
(1951)
Electricity Management
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1951)
(1951)
Thermal Revolution
Director
(1950)
Cure N. 2357
Director