Jiří Slavíček

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Jiří Slavíček
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Jiří Slavíček
Born(1901-07-31)31 July 1901
Died18 August 1957(1957-08-18) (aged 56)
Příbram, Czech Republic
EducationCzech Technical University in Prague
OccupationFilmmaker, editor
Years active1933–1953

Jiří Slavíček (31 July 1901 – 18 August 1957) was a Czech film editor, screenwriter and director. He is son of painter Antonín Slavíček and brother of Jan Slavíček.[1][2][3]

Career[]

Slavíček studied to be a mechanical engineer at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Instead he followed his desire to become a filmmaker. In 1929, he went on a trip to Hollywood in the United States. He studied film technology and later became an editor.

In 1930, Slavíček returned to Czechoslovakia and worked at the Barrandov Studios as an editor. He later began directing screenplays he wrote.

After the war he was involved in organizing and teaching activities, he worked as the director of the nationalized Barrandov Studios as well as a teacher at the Secondary Film School in Čimelice.

Filmography[]

Tomb of Jiří Slavíček

Director[]

  • (1937)
  • (1937)
  • (1938)
  • (1938)
  • (1938)
  • (1939)
  • (1938)
  • (1940)
  • (1941)
  • (1944)
  • (1947)
  • (1948)
  • (1949)
  • (1951)
  • (1952)

Editor[]

References[]

  1. ^ Lars Karl; Pavel Skopal (1 December 2015). Cinema in Service of the State: Perspectives on Film Culture in the GDR and Czechoslovakia, 1945-1960. Berghahn Books. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-1-78238-997-2.
  2. ^ Matriční záznam o narození a křtu farnost při kostele sv.Antonína v pražských Holešovicích
  3. ^ dle matriky narozených se Jiří Slavíček narodil v Holešovicích, ulice Dobrovského čp. 646

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