František Vláčil
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1924-02-19 · Cesky Tesin, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic
- Died
- 1999-01-27
Known for
- Marketa Lazarová (1967) — Director
- My Sweet Little Village (1985) — děda František Ticháček
- The Valley of the Bees (1968) — Director
- The Devil's Trap (1962) — Director
- The Snowdrop Festival (1984)
- The White Dove (1960) — Director
- Adelheid (1970) — Director
- Shades of Fern (1986) — Director
- Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978) — Director
- Smoke on the Potato Fields (1977) — Director
- Clouds of Glass (1958) — Story
- Serpent's Poison (1982) — Director
- Magician (1988) — Director
- The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley (1984) — Director
- Sirius (1975) — Director
- Concert at the End of Summer (1980) — Director