Hynek Bočan

Hynek Bočan

Actor · Director · Writer

Prague, Czechoslovakia
April 29, 1938

Biography

Hynek Bočan (Born 29 April 1938) is a Czech film director and screenwriter. He started his studies at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague when he was 18 years old. He started as an assistant director on movies Ninety Degrees in the Shade, Diamonds of the Night or Ikarie XB-1. His first movie was an adaptation of Milan Kundera's story Nobody Gets the Last Laugh in 1965. His movie Pasťák (1968) was banned and only released in 1990.

Photo

Hynek Bočan 1

Representative Works

Ikarie XB 1
Ikarie XB 1
6.8
/ Czech
Prázdniny v oblacích
Prázdniny v oblacích
10.0
/ Czech
Diamonds of the Night
Diamonds of the Night
7.0
/ Czech
Kouzelný kopec
Kouzelný kopec
No Rating Yet
/ Czech
The Borstal
The Borstal
No Rating Yet
/ Czech
Řemen
Řemen
8.0
/ Czech
90° in the Shade
90° in the Shade
5.7
/ Czech
Give the Devil His Due
Give the Devil His Due
7.7
/ Czech
Chief, It's Amazing
Chief, It's Amazing
6.3
/ Czech
The Borstal
The Borstal
6.4
/ Czech
Visitor Jindřich Polák
Visitor Jindřich Polák
6.0
/ Czech
Piknik
Piknik
3.3
/ Czech

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Ikarie XB 1
1963Nominee

Best Director

Ikarie XB 1

Prázdniny v oblacích
1960Winner

Best Director

Prázdniny v oblacích

Diamonds of the Night
1964Nominee

Best Director

Diamonds of the Night

Career Highlights

The Borstal
1969Highlight

Best Director

The Borstal

90° in the Shade
1965Highlight

Best Director

90° in the Shade

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