Věra Chytilová
Věra Chytilová (born February 2, 1929 in Ostrava , Czechoslovakia , † March 12, 2014 in Prague ) was a Czech film director and screenwriter . She is considered an important representative of the “ New Wave ” of Czechoslovak film in the 1960s.
life and career
Věra Chytilová began studying philosophy and architecture in Brno. However, she broke this off and from 1953 worked at the Barrandov Studio in Prague, among other things as an assistant director. Eventually she went to the Prague Film School ( FAMU ), where she studied from 1957 to 1962 in the directing class of Otakar Vávra . It was there that she met Miloš Forman .
He made several study films Dům na Ořechovce (1959), Pan Ká (1960), Zelená ulice (1960) and Ž urnál FAMU (1961). The film Strop / The Blanket (1961) was made for her thesis .
With her debut as a director in the early 1960s, she is considered an important representative of the “ New Wave ” in Czechoslovakia. Chytilová's films dealt with issues attributed to feminism , although she did not describe herself as a feminist. She was banned from working between 1969 and 1975.
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: The ceiling (strop) (script, director)
- 1962: A Sack Full of Fleas (Pytel blech) (Director)
- 1963: From something else (O něčem jiném) ( script , director)
- 1965: Pearls on the seabed (Perličky na dně) (episode Automat Welt , director, book)
- 1966: daisies (Sedmikrásky) (director)
- 1969: Fruit of Paradise (Ovoce stromu rajskych jíme)
- 1976: A little pregnant (Hra o jablko) ( script , director)
- 1979: History of the walls (panel story) (director, book)
- 1980: Kalamitäten (Kalamita) (director, book)
- 1981: Chytilová versus Forman (Chytilová versus Forman) (director)
- 1984: Fauns too late afternoon (Faunovo velmi pozdní odpoledne) (director, screenplay)
- 1985: Prague (Director, Screenplay)
- 1986: Vlčí bouda (director, screenplay)
- 1988: Once here, once here (Kopytem sem, kopytem tam) (Director)
- 1988: The Fool and the Queen (Šasek a královna) (Director, Screenplay)
- 1993: Das Erbe or: Fuckoffjungsgutntag (Dědictví aneb kurvahošigutntag) (director, screenplay)
- 1998: Big traps, small traps (Pasti, pasti, pastičky) (director, screenplay)
- 2000: Velvet Hangover / Sametová kocovina (as herself, documentary by Robert Buchar )
- 2001: Vyhnáni z ráje (director, screenplay)
- 2005: Pátrání po Ester (director)
- 2006: Hezké chvilky bez záruky (director, screenplay)
Awards (selection)
- 1963 Grand Prize at the Mannheim International Film Week
- 1967 Grand Prize at the Bergamo Film Festival
- 1970 Nomination for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
- 1977 "Silver Hugo" at the Chicago International Film Festival for "The Apple Game"
- 1987 nomination for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival
- 1998 Venice Film Festival ; Elvira Notari Prize for "Pasti, Pasti, Pasticky"
- 1998 Medal of Merit
- 2001 Czech Critics' Prize
literature
- Fred Gehler (Ed.): Director's chairs international. 1st edition. Henschel, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-362-00132-7 .
- Chytilová, Věra , in: Jenny Uglow , Maggy Hendry: Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography . London: Macmillan, 1999 (3rd edition), ISBN 0333725735 , p. 126
Web links
- Literature by and about Věra Chytilová in the catalog of the German National Library
- Věra Chytilová in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Věra Chytilová at filmportal.de
- Detailed biography of Vera Chytilova ( Memento from February 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chytilová, Věra |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ostrava , Czechoslovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 2014 |
| Place of death | Prague |