Emil Sirotek

Emil Sirotek (born March 20, 1937 in Prague ; † October 1, 1999 , ibid) was a Czech cameraman .

Life

Emil Sirotek finished his studies in 1954 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague , where he trained as a cameraman. He then worked as a photographer at Barrandov Studios , where he documented recordings in preparation for filming. A few years later he became a camera assistant and in 1970 he made his debut as a cameraman for a feature film with Věra Plívová-Šimková's family film Red Fox, Mice and Gallows . This was followed by other feature films such as The Fairy Tale Bride , The Magic Raven Rumburak and the DEFA production How to feed a donkey as well as collaborations with film directors such as Jaromil Jireš and Václav Vorlíček . For his work on Řád he was nominated for the Czech film award Český lev in 1994 as best cameraman .

Filmography (selection)

• 1970: Traces of blood ( Po stopách krve )
• 1970: Red fox, mice and gallows birds ( Lišáci, Myšáci a Šibeničák )
• 1973: Stories about Snow White ( O Sněhurce )
• 1974: Jirka makes the puppets dance ( Kvočny a Král )
• 1974: How to feed a donkey
• 1975: Romance for a Crown ( Romance za korunu )
• 1976: The boys ( Páni kluci )
• 1976: The night of the orange fires ( Noc oranžových ohňů )
• 1977: A leading role for Rosmaryna ( Jak se točí Rozmarýny )
• 1978: Hopp ...! And there is a great ape ( Hop - a je tu lidoop )
• 1979: The Fairy Tale Bride ( Arabela , TV series, 13 episodes)
• 1982: How the world is losing its poets ( Jak svět přichází o básníky )
• 1983: Incomplete eclipse ( Neúplné zatmění )
• 1984: The Magic Raven Rumburak ( Rumburak )
• 1985: Halftime of happiness ( Poločas štěstí )
• 1986: The squids from the second floor ( Chobotnice z II. Patra , TV series, four episodes)
• 1987: The Kraken wish a Merry Christmas ( Veselé vánoce přejí chobotnice )
• 1989: The Falcon King ( Jestřábí moudrost )

Web links

• Emil Sirotek in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Emil Sirotek on fdb.cz