Věra Chytilová
| Věra Chytilová | |
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| Born |
2 February 1929 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 12 March 2014 (aged 85) Prague, Czech Republic |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1962–2011 |
| Spouse(s) | Jaroslav Kučera |
Věra Chytilová (2 February 1929 – 12 March 2014) was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. Banned by the Czechoslovak government in the 1960s, she is best known for her Czech New Wave film, Sedmikrásky (Daisies). Vlčí bouda (1987) was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival and A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1989) was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. and The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992) was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. For her work, she received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Medal of Merit and the Czech Lion award.
Chytilová was born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia on 2 February 1929. She had a strict Catholic upbringing, which would later come to influence many of the moral questions presented in her films.
While attending college, Chytilová initially studied philosophy and architecture, but abandoned these fields. She then worked as a draftsman, fashion model and as a photo re-toucher before working as a clapper girl for the Barrandov Film Studios in Prague. She then sought a recommendation from Barrandov Film Studios to study film production, but was denied. Undeterred by the rejection, she would later be accepted into the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) at the age of 28. While attending FAMU she studied underneath renowned film director Otakar Vavra, graduating in 1962.
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