Martin Slivka
Martin Slivka (1 November 1929 in Spišský Štiavnik – 23 September 2002 in Bratislava) was a Slovak documentary filmmaker, director, screenwriter and ethnographer. He is best remembered for his documentaries Metamorfóza vlákna (1968), Človek a hra (1968), Deti a hudba (1969), Fašiangy (1969), and Ľudová kultúra na Slovensku (1972). He was married to journalist Olga Slivková.
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 1929-11-01 · Spišský Štiavnik, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
- Died
- 2002-09-23
Known for
- Dragon's Return (1968) — First Assistant Director
- Water and Labor (1964) — Director
- The Man Leaves (1968) — Director
- Bakaláři (1972)
- A Ballad in Wood (1966) — Writer
- Keeping a Distance (1966) — Writer
- Icons (1966) — Director
- Na počiatku bola pieseň (1970) — Self
- Recepty na šťastie (1978) — Self (uncredited)
- Martin Slivka: The Man Who Planted Trees (2007) — Himself (archive footage)
- Etudy o človeku zo slovenskej gotiky (1967) — Director
- Vinšujem Vám Nový rok hojný (1996) — Writer
- National Artist Professor Karol Plicka (1970) — Screenplay
- Ľudovít Fulla (1972) — Screenplay
- Vyznanie pútnika (1983) — Writer
- Študenti a november 1989 (2001) — Director