Saša Gedeon

Saša Gedeon (2011)

Saša Gedeon (born August 29, 1970 in Prague ) is a Czech film director and screenwriter . In 1996 he graduated from the Czech film academy FAMU , where he is now the director of the film workshop. His best-known films include Indian Summer and The Return of the Idiot .

Works

Movies

• Indian Summer (Indiánské léto) (1995)
• Strange name for a dog (Podivné jméno pro psa) (1992) (FAMU) based on a play by Neil Simon

Scripts

• Key to the Dream (Klíče ke snu) (2006)
• The Return of the Idiot (Návrat idiota) (1999)
• Indian Summer (Indiánské léto) (1995)
• Stace (1994)
• Strange name for a dog (Podivné jméno pro psa) (1992)

Director

• Key to the Dream (Klíče ke snu) (2006)
• The Return of the Idiot (Návrat idiota) (1999) "The Return of the Idiot" is his first feature film. Here he consistently looks at the world from the point of view of the alleged idiot. Because everyone has made the idiot his witness and confidante.
• Indian Summer (Indiánské léto) (1995)
• Stace (1994)
• Strange name for a dog (Podivné jméno pro psa) (1992)

actor

• Teufel knows why (Čert ví proč) (2003) as a devil-suitor
• The Year of Satan (Rok ďábla) (2002)
• The train (Vlak) (1994) as an emigrant

dramaturgy

• The devil knows why (Čert ví proč) (2003)

Cooperations

• with Fernand Blumenstein - The Madness Event Bláznův příběh (1998) - Pedagogical Director
• Blue talk show (1995)
• Sredni Vastar (1995) (FAMU) Pedagogical Director

Awards

• Foundling Prize for Indian Summer (1995, Cottbus Film Festival )
• Bohemian Lion for Return of the Idiot for best director , best screenplay
• Nomination for the Bohemian Lion for Best Director for Indian Summer

Web links

• Official curriculum vitae on the FAMU website
• Saša Gedeon in the Internet Movie Database (English)