Alice Nellis (born 3 January 1971 in České Budějovice) is a Czech filmmaker. Nellis first worked as a

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before studying

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and

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. In 1996–2001 she studied

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and

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at FAMU. She worked temporarily as a web designer for the

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, as a teacher, actress, translator and was filming short films and TV documentaries. Her first feature film (directed and scripted) ''Eeny meeny'' (2000) won the screenplay award of the FAMU Festival. Her 2002 film ''Some Secrets'' won the

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and the critics award.

Films

* 1997: ''Objevte svoji vnitřní krásu'' (student film) * 1998: ''To je Balkán'' (student film) * 2000: ''Eeny Meeny'' (''Ene bene'') * 2002: '' Some Secrets'' (''Výlet'') * 2005: ''

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'' (''Sluneční stát'') * 2007: '' Little Girl Blue'' (''Tajnosti'') * 2010: ''Mamas & Papas'' * 2011: ''Perfect Days'' (Subtitled as ''I ženy mají své dny'') * 2013: '' Revival'' * 2013: ''Innocent Lies'' (''Nevinné lži'', TV show) * 2014: ''Angels'' (''Andělé všedního dne'', based on a

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's book) * 2015: ''

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'' (''Sedmero krkavců'', based on a Božena Němcová's tale) * 2016: '' Wasteland'' (''Pustina'', TV series) * 2022: '' Buko''

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* 1971 births Living people Film people from České Budějovice Czech Lion Awards winners Czech women film directors Czech women screenwriters {{Czech-bio-stub