Karel Smyczek (born 31 March 1950) () is a Czech

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

, actor and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. His film '' Why?'' was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...

section at the

1988 Cannes Film Festival The 41st Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1988. Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola served as jury president for the main competition. Danish filmmaker Bille August won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for his drama film ...

. On 22 January 2025, the Czech Film and Television Academy announced, that he would be awarded the

Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film is an annual award given to person who contributed to Czech cinema by his or her life work. Winners References {{DEFAULTSORT:Czech Lion Award For Extraordinary Contribution to Czech C ...

, together with Czech film music conductor

Mario Klemens Mario Klemens (3 October 1936 – 11 January 2025) was a Czech conductor and educator of conducting. He was a conductor for the Film Symphony Orchestra. Life Klemens was born on 3 October 1936 in Chlumec nad Cidlinou. He was awarded 1st mentio ...

Selected filmography

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* 1950 births Living people Czech film directors Czech male film actors Czech screenwriters Czech male screenwriters Czech Lion Awards winners People from Slaný {{CzechRepublic-film-director-stub