Petr Weigl

Petr Weigl, 2011

Petr Weigl (born March 16, 1939, Brno) is a Czech director and playwright.

Biography

In 1961 he graduated from the Prague Film School and the Academy of Performing Arts Television. He worked in the cinema, on television (1961-1976), at the National Theatre (Narodni divadlo, 1976-1991). He created a number of short and feature films for the Czech and Slovak Television, as well as for German public channel ARD and ZDF, British channels BBC and Channel 4.[1] He was twice nominated for the Emmy Award.[2]

He worked in the theaters of Paris and Munich. A major success was the production of Richard Strauss's opera "Salome" in the Deutsche Oper in Berlin.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fascinace hudbou a filmem - Petr Weigl, Česká televize
  2. ↑ "Petr Weigl". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Cenu Vladislava Vančury převzal Petr Weigl, 26. 1. 2008, Týden.cz

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