Antonín Máša (22 July 1935 – 4 October 2001) was a Czech
film director
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and
screenwriter
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.
His movie ''
Hotel for Strangers'' competed in
Cannes Film Festival
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.
Life
Máša was born in
Višňová on 22 July 1935. He was a childhood friend with
Pavel Juráček. They both went to study screenwriting 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 ...
.
Filmography
As screenwriter
* ''A Place in the Group'' (1964)
* ''
Courage for Every Day'' (1965)
* ''Holiday for a Dog'' (1980)
* ''What’s the Matter With You, Doctor?'' (1984)
As director
* ''Searching'' (1965)
* ''
Hotel for Strangers'' (1967)
* ''Looking Back'' (1968)
* ''Rodeo'' (1972)
* ''
Proč nevěřit na zázraky'' (1977)
* ''Silence of the Larks'' (1989)
* ''Were We Really Like This?'' (1990)
References
External links
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1935 births
2001 deaths
Czech film directors
Czech male screenwriters
People from Příbram District
Czechoslovak screenwriters
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni
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