Pavel Juráček

Pavel Juráček
Born	(1935-08-02)August 2, 1935 Příbram, Czechoslovakia
Died	May 20, 1989(1989-05-20) (aged 53) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Occupation	Screenwriter and director
Years active	1961-1970

Pavel Juráček (Czech: [ˈpavɛl ˈjuraːtʃɛk]; 2 August 1935 – 20 May 1989,) was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU.^[1] Juráček started as a screenwriter for many Czech New Wave movies until he became a director. He worked in Prague at the Barrandov film studios; however after his satirical movie Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) was shelved, he was fired from Barrandov and wasn't allowed to make movies anymore.^[2]

Filmography[]

Director[]

• Joseph Kilian (1963) – co-directed with Jan Schmidt; Grand Prize at ISFF Oberhausen, FIPRESCI Prize at IFF Mannheim
• (1965)
• Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)

Screenwriter only[]

• Black and White Sylva (1961) – directed by Jan Schmidt
• Ceiling (1962) – directed by Věra Chytilová
• Keeper of Dynamite (1963) – directed by
• Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963) – directed by Jindřich Polák
• A Jester's Tale (Bláznova kronika) (1964) – directed by Karel Zeman
• (1966) – directed by Hynek Bočan
• Daisies (1966) – directed by Věra Chytilová
• Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967) – directed by Jan Schmidt
• Kinoautomat (1967) – directed by Radúz Činčera

References[]

External links[]

• Pavel Juráček at IMDb

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