Pavel Juráček

Pavel Juráček (Czech: [ˈpavɛl ˈjuraːtʃɛk]; 2 August 1935, Příbram, Czechoslovakia – 20 May 1989, Prague) was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU.^[1] Although not as famous as Miloš Forman or Jiří Menzel, he was an exponent of the Czech New Wave as well. He worked at Prague Barrandov Studios; however after his satirical movie Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) was shelved, his movie career came to an end.^[2]

Filmography

Director

• Joseph Kilian (Postava k podpírání) (1963) – co-directed with Jan Schmidt; Grand Prize at ISFF Oberhausen, FIPRESCI Prize at IFF Mannheim
• Every Young Man (Každý mladý muž) (1965)
• Case for a Rookie Hangman (Případ pro začínajícího kata) (1970)

Screenwriter only

• Black and White Sylva (Černobílá Sylva) (1961) – directed by Jan Schmidt
• Ceiling (Strop) (1962) – directed by Věra Chytilová
• Keeper of Dynamite (Hlídač dynamitu) (1963) – directed by Hynek Bočan
• Voyage to the End of the Universe (Ikarie XB1) (1963) – directed by Jindřich Polák
• The Jester's Tale (Bláznova kronika) (1964) – directed by Karel Zeman
• Nobody Will Laugh (Nikdo se nebude smát) (1966) – directed by Hynek Bočan
• Daisies (Sedmikrásky) (1966) – directed by Věra Chytilová
• Late August at the Hotel Ozone (Konec srpna v hotelu Ozon) (1967) – directed by Jan Schmidt
• Kinoautomat (1967) – directed by Radúz Činčera

References

1. "Pavel Jurácek Season 2006". BBC. February 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
2. Pajukallio, Arto (2011-08-10). "Nuoren pyövelin tapaus". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). pp. D 5.

External links

• Pavel Juráček at IMDB