František Filip
František Filip (26 December 1930 – 9 January 2021) was a Czech film and television director.
Also recorded as Frantisek Filip
František Filip
- Name
- František Filip
- Born
- 26 December 1930
- Birthplace
- Písek, Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 9 January 2021
- Place of death
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Occupation
- * Television director
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Fields
- film direction · television direction
- Education
- Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
- Honours
- Czech Medal of Merit and 1st class · Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia
- Languages
- Czech
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František Filip (26 December 1930 – 9 January 2021) was a Czech film and television director.
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František Filip (1930–2021) was a director, film director and screenwriter, among other activities, of Czech nationality. The director was born in Písek and died in Prague. Activity centred on film direction and television direction.
Languages used include Czech. Honours include Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class and Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia.
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Biography
Biography
František Filip studied at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is film direction and television direction. Distinctions recorded are Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class and Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — František Filip • Born — 26 December 1930 • Birthplace — Písek, Czechoslovakia • Died — 9 January 2021 • Place of death — Prague, Czech Republic • Occupation — * Television director • film director
Biography
Biography
During his studies at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in the 1950s, he filmed his first documentary film. After graduation, he joined Czechoslovak Television in 1954, where he remained until his retirement. However; even after retirement he still continued to work in television. During the span of his career, he directed about 600 film and television programs of various genres for viewers of all ages. In 2017, he was awarded the Thalia Award.
Death
Death
Filip died from COVID-19 in Prague on 9 January 2021, at the age of 90, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic. He was buried in his family tomb at the Olšany Cemetery in Prague.
Television series
Television series
• 1960 Jak šel Ferda do světa (puppet series for children) • 1962 Tři chlapi v chalupě • 1966 Eliška a její rod • 1968 Sňatky z rozumu • 1971 F. L. Věk • 1974 Byl jednou jeden dům • 1975 Chalupáři • 1982 Dobrá Voda • 1984 Rozpaky kuchaře Svatopluka • 1986 Zlá krev • 1988 Cirkus Humberto • 1990 Přísahám a slibuji • 1992 The Necklace (TV series) • 2000 Pra pra pra
Musical works
Musical works
• 1978 Polská krev • 1981 Prodaná nevěsta • 1983 Netopýr
Other television productions
Other television productions
• 1962 Kočár nejsvětější svátosti • 1967 Lucerna • 1971 Kat nepočká • 1975 Lístek do památníku • 1976 Podnájemníci • 1977 Ikarův pád • 1977 Paličova dcera • 1980 Nezralé maliny • 1980 Scapinova šibalství • 1980 Utopím si ho sám • 1983 Tažní práci • 1995 Den, kdy unesli papeže
Identity
Identity
František Filip is recorded as having received Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class and Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia.
Origins and formation
Origins and formation
František Filip is recorded as having studied at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Born in 1930 at Písek.
Life and career
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Life and career
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2021
František Filip died at Prague.
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Písek.
Birth place
Prague.
Death place
Film
• 1964 Příběh dušičkový • 1966 Hrdina má strach • 1967 Utrpení mladého Boháčka • 1969 Odvážná slečna • 1993 Jedna kočka za druhou • 1999 Nebát se a nakrást
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