Jaroslav Papoušek (19 February 1920 – 16 July 1996) was a
Czech
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film director and screenwriter. He started as a sculptor, before writing screenplays with
Miloš Forman
Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (; ; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968.
Forman ...
and
Ivan Passer
Ivan Passer (10 July 1933 – 9 January 2020) was a Czech film director and screenwriter, best known for his involvement in the Czechoslovak New Wave and for directing American films such as '' Born to Win'' (1971), ''Cutter's Way'' (1981) and '' ...
.
In 1968 he started directing his own screenplays.
Selected filmography
* ''
Black Peter'' (1963) - screenwriter
* ''
Intimate Lighting
''Intimate Lighting'' ( cs, Intimní osvětlení) is a Czech drama film directed by Ivan Passer. It was released in 1965. It is widely considered as a major film of the Czechoslovak New Wave and to be Passer's most significant film.
Plot
A cello ...
'' (1965) - screenwriter
* ''
Loves of a Blonde
''Loves of a Blonde'' ( cs, Lásky jedné plavovlásky), also known as ''A Blonde in Love'', is a 1965 Czechoslovak comedy-drama film directed by Miloš Forman that follows a young woman, Andula, who has a routine job in a shoe factory in provin ...
'' (1965) - screenwriter
* ''
The Firemen's Ball
''The Firemen's Ball'' (or ''The Fireman's Ball''; cs, Hoří, má panenko - "Fire, my lady") is a 1967 comedy film directed by Miloš Forman. It is set at the annual ball of a small town's volunteer fire department, and the plot portrays a ser ...
'' (1967) - screenwriter
* ''
The Most Beautiful Age'' (1968) - director and screenwriter
* ''
Behold Homolka'' (1969) - director and screenwriter
* ''
Hogo Fogo Homolka'' (1970) - director and screenwriter
* ''
Homolka and the Purse'' (1972) - director and screenwriter
* ''
A Wife for Three Men'' (1979) - director and screenwriter
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1929 births
1995 deaths
Czech film directors
Czech screenwriters
Male screenwriters
20th-century screenwriters
People from Zakarpattia Oblast
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