1958Nominee
Best Writing
Clouds of Glass
František Vláčil
Actor · Director · Writer
Cesky Tesin, Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic
February 19, 1924
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia František Vláčil (February 19, 1924, Český Těšín – January 28, 1999, Prague) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist. Between 1945 and 1950, he studied esthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later he worked in various groups and ateliers (e.g. on animated films), but his main area became played film. His films are well known for extraordinarily high art quality. Vláčil was awarded many film prizes like the Prize of the International Film Festival 1998 in Karlovy Vary or the Czech Lion Prize for his longstanding contribution to world film culture.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1967Winner
Best Director
Marketa Lazarová
1986Nominee
Best Director
Shades of Fern
Career Highlights
1985Highlight
Best Performance
My Sweet Little Village
1968Highlight
Best Director
The Valley of the Bees
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Marketa Lazarová
My Sweet Little Village
The Valley of the Bees