About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1953-04-22
Place of birth:
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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Jana Ševčíková

Overview

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.

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Acting
2005 Q & A with Jana Sevcikova and Werner Herzog Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2022 Those Who Dance in the Dark Directing Director N/A
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2014 Lean A Ladder Against Heaven Directing Director N/A
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2002 The Old Believers Directing Director 59
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1992 Jakub Directing Director 59
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1984 Piemule Directing Director 59
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1981 Worldly Children Directing Director N/A
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Writing
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2002 The Rite of Spring Writing Screenplay N/A
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2002 The Old Believers Writing Writer 59
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1992 Jakub Writing Screenplay 59
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1984 Piemule Writing Writer 59
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Production
2014 Lean A Ladder Against Heaven Production Producer N/A
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2008 Gyumri Production Producer N/A
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2002 The Old Believers Production Producer 59
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1992 Jakub Production Producer 59
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1984 Piemule Production Producer 59
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Crew
2009 Sweetgrass Crew Thanks 59
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2002 The Old Believers Crew Presenter 59
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1984 Piemule Crew Presenter 59
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