František Vláčil

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1924-02-19

Deathday 1999-01-27 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Cesky Tesin, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

Also Known As Frantisek Vlácil, Frantisek Vlacil, František Jan Vláčil, Франтишек Влачил, 프란티셰크 블라칠, 프란티스케 블라칠, 프란티세크 블라칠

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

Director

1988
Magician

as Director

1986
Shades of Fern

as Director

1985
Albert

as Director

1982
Serpent's Poison

as Director

1978
1975
Sirius

as Director

1974
1972
The Town in White

as Director

1972
1970
Adelheid

as Director

1968
1967
Marketa Lazarová

as Director

1962
The Devil's Trap

as Director

1960
No Entrance

as Director

1960
The White Dove

as Director

1958
Clouds of Glass

as Director

1956
1956
Letter from front

as Director

1954
Remembrance

as Director

1951
1951
Thermal Revolution

as Director

1950
Cure N. 2357

as Director

Writer

1986
Shades of Fern

as Screenplay

1982
Serpent's Poison

as Screenplay

1977
1974
Art Nouveau's Prague

as Screenplay

1972
1970
Adelheid

as Screenplay

1968
1967
1967
Marketa Lazarová

as Screenplay

1960
No Entrance

as Screenplay

1960
No Entrance

as Screenstory

1960
The White Dove

as Screenplay

1958
1958
Clouds of Glass

as Screenplay

1956
Garrison in the Peak

as Screenplay

1956
1954
Modrý den

as Idea

1954
Modrý den

as Screenplay

1954
Remembrance

as Screenplay

1952
1952
Nový průmysl

as Screenplay

1951

Actor

2009
Golden Sixties

as Self (archive footage)

1995
GENUS

as Self

1985
My Sweet Little Village

as děda František Ticháček

Art

1955
Tank Brigade

as Art Direction