Jana Ševčíková

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1953-04-22 (71 years old)

Place of Birth Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Also Known As 贾那·塞奇科瓦

Jana Ševčíková

Biography

With films that reflect on life in contemporary Eastern Europe, Czech filmmaker Jana Ševcíková has distinguished herself as a practitioner of poetic documentary. A graduate of the Prague Film Academy, her thesis film, Piemule (1984), offers a frank examination of Czech émigrés in Romania during the final years of Ceausecu‘s totaltitarian regime. She has produced films independently, such as Jakub (1992), and received state funding from the Czech Ministry of Culture. Her films have been shown at festivals in Berlin, Strasbourg, Karlovy Vary and Cracow. Praised throughout Europe, Ševčíková‘s intimately crafted works challenge the distanced conventions of ethnographic filmmaking.

Known For

Director

2008
Gyumri

as Director

2002
The Old Believers

as Director

2002
The Rite of Spring

as Director

1992
Jakub

as Director

1984
Piemule

as Director

1981
Worldly Children

as Director

Writer

2008
Gyumri

as Writer

2002
The Rite of Spring

as Screenplay

2002
1992
Jakub

as Screenplay

1984
Piemule

as Writer

Producer

2008
Gyumri

as Producer

2002
The Old Believers

as Producer

1992
Jakub

as Producer

1984
Piemule

as Producer

Crew

2009
Sweetgrass

as Thanks

2002
The Old Believers

as Presenter

1984
Piemule

as Presenter