Věra Chytilová
Czech film director (1929–2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Věra Chytilová (2 February 1929 – 12 March 2014) was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema.[1][2] Banned by the Czechoslovak government in the 1960s,[3][4] she is best known for her Czech New Wave film Sedmikrásky (Daisies).[5][6] Her subsequent films screened at international film festivals, including Vlčí bouda (1987), which screened at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival,[7] A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1989), which screened at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival,[8] and The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992), which screened at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.[9] For her work, she received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Medal of Merit and the Czech Lion award.[10]
Věra Chytilová | |
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Born | (1929-02-02)2 February 1929 |
Died | 12 March 2014(2014-03-12) (aged 85) |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1962–2011 |
Spouse | Jaroslav Kučera |
Children | 2, including Tereza |