Director

Evald Schorm

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Directed movies: 11Directed series: 0All crew credits: 16

TMDB ID: 1035927

IMDb ID: nm0774880

Known for: Directing

Born: December 15, 1931

Died: December 14, 1988

Age: 56

Place of birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1961 - 2008

Years active: 48

Average TMDB rating: 6.54

Wikidata: Q1341142

Also known as

Ewald Schorm

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Biography

At one time, Czech director Evald Schorm was known as "the conscience of the Czech New Wave" and was known for using film to promote notions of compassion, equality, and individualism in the face of social structure. Originally an opera singer, the Prague native studied filmmaking at the prestigious F.A.M.U. between 1957 and 1962. He went on to create documentaries with the Documentary Film Studio in Prague. Schorm also worked as a film actor. Following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Communist government repressed his films. Still, Schorm remained in Czechoslovakia and directed opera, stage plays, and sometimes television shows. He returned to feature filmmaking in the late '80s, but died of heart failure in 1988.