Milan Šteindler (born 12 April 1957) is a Czech actor, screenwriter and

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 ...

. He is a graduate of the

Academy of Performing Arts in Prague The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (, AMU) is a university in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic, specialising in the study of music, dance, drama, film, television and multi-media. It is the largest art school in the Czech Republic, wit ...

. He won the Czech Lion Award for Best Director for his 1994 film, '' Thanks for Every New Morning''. He obtained the Silver St. George Award for Directing at the

19th Moscow International Film Festival The 19th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 July 1995. The Golden St. George was not awarded. Jury * Richard Gere (United States – President of the Jury) * Friedrich Gorenstein (Germany) * Aurelio De Laurentiis (Italy) ...

for the same film. Together with

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, he founded Sklep Theatre in Prague in 1971. Along with

Petr Čtvrtníček Petr Čtvrtníček (born 5 April 1964 in Prague) is a Czechs, Czech actor and comedian. Selected filmography * ''Kouř'' (1991) * ''Fany'' (1995) * ''Tomík'' (1997) * ''Mazaný Filip'' (2003) * ''Ivánku, kamaráde, můžeš mluvit? aneb Tak t ...

and Vávra, Šteindler wrote and directed the satirical television series '' Czech Soda''.

Selected filmography

Awards and recognition

* Czech Lion Award for Best Director for '' Thanks for Every New Morning'', 1994 * Silver St. George Award for Directing,

Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (, Transliteration, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is a film festival first held in Moscow in 1935 and became regular since 1959. From its inception to ...

, 1995

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* 1957 births Living people Czech film directors Czech male film actors Male actors from Prague Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni Czech Lion Awards winners {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub