Ivan Fíla
Ivan Fíla , also Ivan Fila , (born December 24, 1956 in Prague ) is a Czech director , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Fíla, who came to the Federal Republic of Germany from Czechoslovakia in 1977 , first studied directing and screenwriting in Cologne . He then began making documentaries and short films before making his feature film debut in 1996 with the film Lea . Lea premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won the OCIC Award there. In addition to other international film prizes, including two Bohemian Lions , Lea was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film for the Golden Globe Awards , and for Best Newcomer at the European Film Awards . Lea opened the door to Hollywood for Fíla , where he was commissioned by Steven Spielberg to rewrite the script for The Betty Schimmel Story .
His film King of Thieves premiered at the Moscow Film Festival in 2004 and won, among other things, the Prix d´Or for the best European screenplay and a total of four Bohemian Lions. Prince of Thieves was also the Oscar nomination of Slovakia for the best foreign language film .
In addition to feature films, Fíla also made documentaries such as "Vaclav Havel - A Bohemian Fairy Tale", "Hitler - The Blackmailer" or "Joschka Fischer", which were broadcast on ZDF and ARTE , among others . He is currently working on his English-language cinema project "Bella Luna", a romantic comedy.
In August 2018 his novel “The man who stood in the way” (“ Muž, který stál v cestě ”) was published. The work, which was published on the 50th anniversary of the Prague Spring , deals with the life of the doctor and politician František Kriegel and became a bestseller in the Czech Republic.
Fíla lives in Frankfurt , Los Angeles and Prague .
Filmography
movie theater
- 1996: Lea , script and direction
- 2004: King of Thieves , script and direction
- 2013: Bella Luna, script and direction (in preparation)
- 2013: Buddy Bull, script and direction (in preparation)
Documentaries
- 1982: Harley Heaven, written and directed
- 1985: Salty Dreams, script and direction
- 1987: Margarete Buber-Neumann - A German destiny, script and direction
- 1988: The Paulskirche, script and direction
- 1989: In the name of the revolution, script and direction
- 1990: Steps in the labyrinth, script and direction
- 1991: Stories from Another World, written and directed
- 1993: Vaclav Havel - A Bohemian fairy tale, written and directed
- 1994: Nebel, script and direction
- 1995: Hitler - The Blackmailer, script and direction
- 2007: Joschka Fischer - Patience is the virtue of the hunter, director
Awards (selection)
Lea
- 1996: OCIC Award at the Venice Film Festival
- 1996: Nomination for the European Film Award for Best European Newcomer Film
- 1997: Satyajit Ray Award at the London Film Festival
- 1997: Audience Award and Best Fiction Film Award at the Alpinale , Austria
- 1997: Audience Award at the Brussels Film Festival, Belgium
- 1997: Crystal Star at the Brussels Film Festival, Belgium
- 1997: Audience award, Prix CICAE for the best film and Prix du Jury etudiant , at the Premiers Plans Festival D´Angers, France
- 1997: Nomination for the German Film Award for best feature film
- 1997: Grand Prix VESUVIO AWARD at the Napoli Film Festival, Italy
- 1997: Opera Prima Award - Best Film , at the Montevideo International Film Festival, Uruguay
- 1997: Opera Prima Award - Best Feature Film , at the Puerto Rico International Film Festival
- 1997: Award for the best feature film, at the International Film Festival, Film Forum Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1997: FIPRECI Award - Best Film , at the Sochi International Film Festival, Russia
- 1998: Golden Globe nomination for Best Non-English Language Film
- 1998: Best Drama at the San Jose Film Festival, USA
King of Thieves
- 2004: Slovakia was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
- 2004: Silver Griphon - Audience Award for Best Film , Festival of Festivals St. Petersburg
- 2004: Best Director and Best Screenplay at the annual awards ceremony of the Czech TV and Film Company (TOLOBIT)
- 2004: Four Bohemian Lions and 10 nominations (including best film , best director and best screenplay ) at the Czech Film Awards
- 2005: Audience Award - Best Film at the Phoenix Film Festival
- 2006: Nomination for the Adolf Grimme Prize for best feature film
Hitler - the blackmailer
- 1995: German Television Award - Best Film
- 1995: Best film - Festival international du film d´histoire, France
Individual evidence
- ↑ Branagh filmed Ivan Fila material ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ivan Fila to direct Bella Luna for Eyeworks on screendaily.com (English)
- ↑ The confrontation: Kriegel and Husák 1968 on radio.cz/de (Radio Praha)
- ↑ Satyajit Ray Award: 1997 - Ivan Fila for Lea on satyajitray.org.uk (English)
Web links
- Ivan Fíla in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ivan Fíla Filmproduktion at filmportal.de
- Interview about the film "Lea"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fíla, Ivan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |