Tereza Nvotová (born 22 January 1988) is a Slovak director,

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and actress. She is known for films such as '' Nightsiren'' (2022), ' (2017) and the documentary ' (2017).

Biography

Nvotová was born in

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. She is the daughter of director

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and actress

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. Her sister, Dorota Nvotová, is also an actress. Her husband is American actor

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. She studied at the

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(FAMU). Nvotová had an acting part in the 2014

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film '' 10 Rules''.

Career as director

Nvotová's first feature ' was released in 2017 and won more than 20 awards at festivals worldwide, including Czech Film Critics Award for the best film, and Czech Film Academy Award for the best editing. As a documentarian, she confronted corruption and politics in her

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documentary ', which was released the same year, and was awarded the Trilobit Award from the Czech Film and Television Union. In 2020 she made a short for

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"New York City in the Time of COVID-19". With her sophomore feature ''Nightsiren'' (2022), she won a

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at the

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and Silver Melies at

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. Nvotová teaches students of direction at Prague film school FAMU. She is represented by

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and lives in Prague and New York. In 2018,

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magazine had also ranked Tereza Nvotova among the 30 most influential people under 30 in Slovakia. Nvotová directed and co-wrote the TV series ''Our People'' with Miro Šifra. The show won the development prize at the 2024

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Forum Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.

Selected filmography

*''Take it Jeasy'' (2008) *'' 10 Rules'' (2014) *' (2017) *' (2017) *'' Nightsiren'' (2022) * ''Our People'' TV series (in production)

References

External links

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Official website
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