Education
Academy of Performing Arts.
Academy of Performing Arts.
His career spanned over five decades. Kachyňa was part of the Czechoslovakian wave of liberal filmmakers in the 1960s which included Miloš Forman and Jiří Menzel. They had one daughter, Karolína, together.
He was born in Vyškov, Czechoslovakia and died in Prague, Czechoslovakian Republic.
His 1961 film Pouta was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. His 1986 film Forbidden Dreams was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.