Jana Boková

Personal Info

Known For Director

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

Director

2003
1998
Diary for a Tale

as Director

1994
1990
Havana

as Director

1986
Paradise Hotel

as Director

1984
Sunset People

as Director

1981
1980
Quinn Running

as Director

1980
Blue Moon

as Director

1979
I Look Like This

as Director

1978
Living Room

as Director

1978
Marevna and Marika

as Director

1977
1977
Just One More War

as Director

1975
Militia Battefield

as Director

1974
Jokey

as Director

1973
Déjà Vu

as Director

1972
A Cette Minute

as Director

Producer

1994
1981
1980
Blue Moon

as Producer

1978
Living Room

as Producer

Crew

2000
Before Night Falls

as Documentation & Support

Editor

1977

Writer

1986
Paradise Hotel

as Writer

Camera

2003
Eric Clapton and Friends

as Director of Photography

Actor

2005
Night Watch

as Lady Cocaina