Director

František Vláčil

Directing

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Directed movies: 13Directed series: 0All crew credits: 18

TMDB ID: 226662

IMDb ID: nm0900712

Known for: Directing

Born: February 19, 1924

Died: January 27, 1999

Age: 74

Place of birth: Cesky Tesin, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1955 - 1988

Years active: 34

Average TMDB rating: 7.06

Wikidata: Q706451

Also known as

Frantisek Vlácil • Frantisek Vlacil • František Jan Vláčil • Франтишек Влачил • 프란티셰크 블라칠 • 프란티스케 블라칠 • 프란티세크 블라칠

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Director (13)Screenplay (2)Art Direction (1)Story (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia František Vláčil (February 19, 1924, Český Těšín – January 28, 1999, Prague) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist. Between 1945 and 1950, he studied esthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he worked in various groups and ateliers (e.g. on animated films), but his main area became played film. His films are well known for extraordinarily high art quality. Vláčil was awarded many film prizes like the Prize of the International Film Festival 1998 in Karlovy Vary or the Czech Lion Prize for his longstanding contribution to world film culture.

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