Zdeněk Troška
Zdeněk Troška (born May 18, 1953 in Strakonice , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech film director and screenwriter .
biography
Zdeněk Troška grew up in Hoštice and studied directing at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts as well as at the Lycée Carnot in Lyon, France . He completed his studies in 1978 and made his debut alongside directors Vladimír Drha and Jan Ekl with the episode film Jak rodí chlap as a film director for a feature film. He made his first two films as sole director in 1983 and 1984 with The Shoe Named Melichar and The Treasure Of Count Chamaré . With his film trilogy Slunce, seno… he made his hometown Hoštice known nationwide.
Zdeněk Troška is openly gay.
Filmography (selection)
- 1980: Jak rodí chlap
- 1983: The shoe called Melichar ( Bota jménem Melichar )
- 1984: Count Chamaré's treasure ( Poklad hraběte Chamaré )
- 1987: The Princess and the Flying Cobbler ( O princezně Jasněnce a létajícím ševci )
- 1994: The Mill Princess ( Princezna ze mlejna )
- 1999: Devilish happiness part 1 ( Z pekla štěstí )
- 2001: Devilish happiness part 2 ( Z pekla štěstí 2 )
- 2008: The Most Enchanting Riddle ( Nejkrásnější hádanka )
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Zdeněk Troška in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Zdeněk Troška in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Troška, Zdeněk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strakonice , Czechoslovakia |