Věra Plívová-Šimková

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1934-05-29

Deathday 2024-10-13 (90 years old)

Place of Birth Lomnice nad Popelkou, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Also Known As Věra Šimková, Věra Plívová, Вера Пливова-Шимкова, Вера Шимкова-Пливова, Вера Шимкова, Вера Пливова, Věra Plívová-Šimková

Věra Plívová-Šimková

Biography

Věra Plívová-Šimková ( May 29, 1934 Lomnice nad Popelkou – October 13 , 2024 Semily ) was a Czech film director, known especially for her films about children and for children. She was born in Lomnica pod Popelka to a volunteer family. Her mother Vlasta Plívová (née Kaplanová) worked in the Svornost theater association in Lomnica, her father František was a teacher at a weaving school. When she was three years old, her father died. Her siblings were also involved in art, sister Břetislava Pospíšilová-Plívová was a painter, Vlasta Zděnovcová-Plívová was a Hispanist and translator. After passing the matriculation exam at Lepař's high school in Jičín , where she and her family moved because of her mother's work, she decided to study directing at FAMU. After completing her studies (1952–1957) under the guidance of Bořivoj Zeman, she began assisting directors Karl Kachyňa ( Král Šumava ) and Vojtěch Jasný ( Desire ) or Václav Vorlíček ( The Case of the Lupínek ) at Barrand. After finishing her film career, she lived in Chuchelno near Semil. Her husband was the glassmaker Tomáš Šimek , who died in 1998. She died in Semily on 13 October 2024 at the age of 90.

Known For

Director

2007
Vohnice a Kiliján

as Director

2001
Circle

as Director

1986
1983
Blinker-Ciko

as Director

1980
Brontosaurus

as Director

1976
Boys Will Be Boys

as Director

1974
The Fair Is Here

as Director

1972
About Show-White

as Director

1969
Toni, You're Crazy

as Director

1966
1965
Adventures with a Naked Boy

as First Assistant Director

1964
Chlapci zadejte se

as Director

1963
Rusalka

as First Assistant Director

1962
Vánice

as First Assistant Director

1961
The Lupinek Case

as Assistant Director

1959
King of the Sumava

as Assistant Director

1959
Sny na neděli

as Assistant Director

1958
Desire

as Assistant Director

Writer

2001
Circle

as Writer

1986
Hledám dům holubí

as Screenplay

1983
Blinker-Ciko

as Story

1983
Blinker-Ciko

as Screenplay

1980
Brontosaurus

as Screenplay

1980
Brontosaurus

as Story

1978
1974
1974
The Fair Is Here

as Screenplay

1972
1972
About Show-White

as Screenplay

1969
1969
Toni, You're Crazy

as Screenplay

1966
1964
Chlapci zadejte se

as Screenplay

1964

Art

1974
The Fair Is Here

as Art Direction