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Věra Chytilová (1929–2014) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, and pedagogue. Born in Ostrava, Kunčice, she held citizenship in both Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. Chytilová received a magister degree and served as a full professor. She was educated at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and spoke Czech. Her professional career spanned from 1959 to 2006.
Chytilová was married to Jaroslav Kučera. She participated in the 1964 and 1970 Cannes Film Festivals. Her works include the film "3 1/2". She died in Prague on March 12, 2014.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1929
- Died
- 2014
- Works
- 1
Top works
- 3 1/2
- Věra Chytilová
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Film & TV
Directing · Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Věra Chytilová (February 2, 1929 – March 12, 2014) was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. At the age of 28 she was accepted into the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). While attending FAMU she studied underneath renowned film director Otakar Vavra, graduating in 1962. Chytilová is best known for her once highly controversial film…
Known for
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel — Self2018
- To Make a Comedy Is No Fun — Self2016
- Naughty Young People: Chytilová, Kučera, Krumbachová2012
- Golden Sixties — Self2009
- Searching for Ester — Herself2005
- Journey: Portrait of Věra Chytilová — Herself2004
- The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun1984
- Chytilová Versus Forman — Self1981
- Pravda — Self (uncredited)1970
- An Occasion to Speak — Self1966
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 36
- Total plays
- 100
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Can War Foster Cooperation?
· 2016 · cited 599x
- Kolmogorov's theorem and multilayer neural networks
· 1992 · cited 561x
- Heart Failure After Myocardial Infarction: Incidence and Predictors
· 2020 · cited 536x
- Designing of PLA scaffolds for bone tissue replacement fabricated by ordinary commercial 3D printer
· 2017 · cited 355x
- Models of schizophrenia in humans and animals based on inhibition of NMDA receptors
· 2008 · cited 274x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1929-02-02 ) 2 February 1929, Ostrava , Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 12 March 2014 (2014-03-12) (aged 85), Prague , Czech Republic
- Occupation
- Film director
- Years active
- 1962–2011
- Spouse
- Jaroslav Kučera
- Children
- 2, including Tereza
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vera
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia
- Place of birth
- Kunčice
- Place of death
- Prague
- Spouse
- Jaroslav Kučera
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Participant in
- 1964 Cannes Film Festival
- Academic degree
- full professor
- Image
- Věra Chytilová in her house in Prague, mid of the 1980s (cropped).jpg
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- date of death
- 2014-03-12
- date of birth
- 1929-02-02
- Commons category
- Věra Chytilová
- name in native language
- Věra Chytilová
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Věra Chytilová
- end of work period
- 2006-00-00
- topic has template
- Template:Věra Chytilová
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Encyclopedic overview
Věra Chytilová ( Czech: [ˈvjɛra ˈxɪcɪlovaː]; 2 February 1929 – 12 March 2014) was a Czech avant-garde filmmaker. Banned by the Czechoslovak government in the 1960s, she is best known for her 1966 Czech New Wave film Daisies. Among her subsequent films are Wolf's Hole (1987), A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1989) and The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992). For her work, she received the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the Czech Medal of Merit and the Czech Lion award.
Early life and education
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