Pavel Juráček
Writer · 1935 – 1989 · Príbram, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Pavel Juráček was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU. 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.
Movies3
- MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.
- MovieDocumentary
A film about filmmaking.
Movie6.5DocumentaryAn epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018 · 2 votes
Series1
- TVDocumentary
Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and the role of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Each episode focuses on a different filmmaker.