Writing
Jan 11, 1975
Zlín, Czechoslovakia [now Czechia]
Slávek Horák
Writing
Biography
He is a graduate of Zlin Film School and also studied directing at the Prague Film School, FAMU. His rapid career growth as a director of various international commercial campaigns prevented him from finishing his FAMU studies, but the work earned him several awards at International Advertising festivals. He shot two short films for the international project 'Straight 8' that were selected in top six and shown at Cannes Film Festival. He also worked as an assistant director with Jan Sverak on his Academy Award winning film KOLJA (1996). In 2012, he started his own production company Tvorba films. The screenplay for his debut feature HOME CARE, which was produced by Horák’s won an award from the Film Foundation and screened at Karlovy Vary IFF 2015, where it won the Best Actress Award for Alena Mihulova.
Feature Films (1)
A dramaturg is present during the writing of the screenplay, but does not write the film. A dramaturg is present on set, but does not direct the film. A dramaturg sits in on the editing process, but does not edit the film. A dramaturg is also involved in many other activities throughout a film’s production, yet performs none of them directly. In this sense, the dramaturg is invisible. The same could be said of the life of the distinguished Czechoslovak dramaturg Jan Gogola, who influenced countless stories throughout his career—including this documentary itself. His portrait is, in fact, being dramaturgically shaped in real time as the film unfolds.
