Radim Špaček (born 13 October 1973, in

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

) is a Czech director, producent and actor best known for film

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. He is the only director who has received both Czech Lion and Fluffy Lion. His father

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is an

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expert, journalist and former

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Biography

Hegraduated at

Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague () or FAMU is a film school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1946 as one of three branches of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. It is the fifth oldest film school in ...

. His debut was 1998 film Rapid Eye Movement which received Fluffy Lion an atiaward for the worst Czech film of the year. After this film he directed multiple documentary programmes. He also worked with his father on a television programme Etiquette. He made his next film

in 2013. The film has received multiple

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including the one for the best Czech film of the year.

Filmography

Films

References

1973 births Living people Film people from Ostrava Czech film directors Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni {{CzechRepublic-film-director-stub