František Filip
František Filip (26 December 1930 – 9 January 2021) was a Czech film and television director. 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 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. Filmography 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 ''Chalupá ...
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Písek
Písek (; german: Pisek) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Písek is colloquially called "''South Bohemian Athens''", because it has many high schools and schools of higher education, including the Film School in Písek. Up to the last decades of 19th century Písek was the centre of the large autonomous Prácheňsko region. Administrative parts Písek is made up of five town parts and four villages: *Budějovické Předměstí *Hradiště *Pražské Předměstí *Václavské Předměstí *Vnitřní Město *Nový Dvůr *Purkratice *Semice *Smrkovice Etymology The name of Písek literally means "sand". It refers to the sand of the Otava River, which was panned for gold by the first settlers. Geography Písek is located about northwest of České Budějovice and south of Prague. Most of the municipal territory lies in the Tábor ...
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