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Frantisek Vlacil Edit Profile

director painter graphic designer

František Vláčil was a Czechoslovakian film director, painter, and graphic artist.

Education

Between 1945 and 1950, he studied esthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno.

Career

Later he worked in various groups and ateliers (eg on animated films), but his main area became played film. His films are well known for extraordinarily high art quality.

Achievements

  • Vláčil was awarded many film prizes like the Prize of the International Film Festival 1998 in Karlovy Vary or the Czechoslovakian Lion Prize for his longstanding contribution to world film culture.