Věra Chytilová

Director

Born: February 2, 1929
Died: March 12, 2014 (age 85)
From: Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

Věra Chytilová (February 2, 1929 – March 12, 2014) was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. At the age of 28 she was accepted into the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). While attending FAMU she studied underneath renowned film director Otakar Vavra, graduating in 1962. Chytilová is best known for her once highly controversial film…

Filmography (37)

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018)
Self
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun (2016)
Self
Naughty Young People: Chytilová, Kučera, Krumbachová
Naughty Young People: Chytilová, Kučera, Krumbachová (2012)
Troublemakers
Troublemakers (2007)
Director
Pleasant Moments (2006)
Director
Searching for Ester (2005)
Director
Journey: Portrait of Věra Chytilová (2004)
Herself
Trója v proměnách času
Trója v proměnách času (2003)
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Expulsion from Paradise (2001)
Director
Traps (1998)
Director
Kam panenky...
Kam panenky... (1993)
Director
The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992)
Director
My Pragues Understand Me (1991)
Director
TGM the Liberator
TGM the Liberator (1990)
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A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1989)
Director
The Jester and the Queen (1988)
Director
Wolf's Hole (1987)
Director
Prague – The Restless Heart of Europe
Prague – The Restless Heart of Europe (1985)
Director
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1984)
Director
Calamity (1982)
Director
Panelstory or Birth of a Community (1981)
Director
Chytilová Versus Forman (1981)
Director
Time is inexorable
Time is inexorable (1978)
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The Apple Game (1978)
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Comrades
Comrades (1971)
Director
Fruit of Paradise (1970)
Director
Pravda (1970)
Self (uncredited)
Daisies (1966)
Director
An Occasion to Speak
An Occasion to Speak (1966)
Self
Pearls of the Deep (1966)
Director