Jana Ševčíková
Directing
- Born
- April 22, 1953 (age 73) · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
With films that reflect on life in contemporary Eastern Europe, Czech filmmaker Jana Ševcíková has distinguished herself as a practitioner of poetic documentary. A graduate of the Prague Film Academy, her thesis film, Piemule (1984), offers a frank examination of Czech émigrés in Romania during the final years of Ceausecu‘s totaltitarian regime. She has produced films independently, such as Jakub (1992), and received state funding from the Czech Ministry of Culture. Her films have been shown at festivals in Berlin, Strasbourg, Karlovy Vary and Cracow. Praised throughout Europe, Ševčíková‘s intimately crafted works challenge the distanced conventions of ethnographic filmmaking.
Known for
Behind the camera9
- 2026Piemule Writer, Director, Presenter, Producer
- 2022Those Who Dance in the Dark Director, Writer
- 2014Lean A Ladder Against Heaven Writer, Director, Producer
- 2008Gyumri Director, Producer, Writer
- 2002The Rite of Spring Screenplay, Director
- 2002The Old Believers Director, Writer, Presenter, Producer
- 1992Jakub Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 1986Tulakóna Screenplay, Director
- 1981Worldly Children Director