Jakub Sommer
Film, television and commercial director
Jakub has great experience as a TV drama, comedy and documentary director and is a highly successful commercial director. He has directed adverts for clients including: Ikea, Adidas, GLOBUS, NOWACO, Gambrinus, ČSOB, Mall.cz, Danone, Wallmark, Vinařský fond.
He was the original director of the sitcom Comeback, the comedy show Vylomeniny, two TV Films Stop (and Trojí život) and has produced numerous music videos for Xindl X as well as two theatre productions. He is currently in pre production on his debut film.
Pavel Nosek
Television and commercial director
Pavel has directed a wide range of television genres from studio entertainment Na Pavláska,Tajemství těla and QI, the Czech Lion award winning film – Pravomil, reality shows Superchef: 24 hours to hell and back, You Are What You Eat, Kitchen Nightmares, Yes Trainer and numerous food programmes including Karolína, domácí kuchařka. He also has considerable experience as a script editor – working in such a role on Deal With it. Examples of his commercial work, such as for Makro, Tesco and Komerční banka, can be viewed on his website.
Markéta Ekrt Válková
Documentarist
Markéta is a renowned documentarist who has focussed on social topics and highlighting inspirational people. Marketa has also directed a number of series such as Co nevíte o… (explaining opera), Watch Cecilia (a children’s English show) and has also led a number of docusoap projects such as Čtyři v tom and Provedu! Přijímač. Her documentaries include Hvězdy tančit smějí, MotocyKlení, Americké Benátky, for the series ZBLÍZKA (Hudba Vl. Franze, Loutky Tomáše Dvořáka, Bloudění J. A. Pitínského) for the series Intolerance (Hyper Mega Super and Vlastenci srdce Evropy) Čekání na šílenství, Absolventi, Očima žen, Dětství, důvod k dospělosti, Pohyby tance, for the series Pokus o mistrovský opus (Josef Špaček) for the series Komorní zlato (Guarner trio).
Jakub Machala
Director and writer
He studied at Zlin Film Academy and has since worked across a multitude of genres – from children shows to drama. He has directed a number of short films and is preparing his feature debut, Kola. He directed tv series Láska v čase korony, Olo show and Stylista. He has also already achieved renown for his adverts and music videos – winning numerous awards for his commercials and has won best video clip at the Andel music awards in 2017 and 2018.
His work can be seen at Vimeo.
Tomáš Bojar
Documentarist and writer
Tomáš Bojar is a highly respected documentarist and writer. He is best known for his award winning documentary films Česká RAPublika (Gold Kingfisher for Best Documentary Finále Plzeň 2009), Dva nula (Pavel Koutecky prize for best documentary of the year 2013), FC Roma (best documentary MFDF Jihlava 2016), Mimořádná zpráva (Gold Kingfisher for Best Documentary – Finále Plzeň 2019). He has also worked as a scriptwriter for other documentarists and is the director of the important documentary series on the mentally disabled, Pět statečných for Czech Television. Before working in film, Tomas graduated from the Charles University first in politics, international relations and law before following this with a doctorate in ethics.
Vladimír Škultéty
Television and documentary film director
Born in 1980s, first time on the set in 1990s, graduated at Prague’s FAMU, working in film industry ever since making living and making it count. Teenage actor turned into singer, writer and director in his twenties, shooting music videos since touring with bands was his favorite activity besides filming. Music videos were shortly followed with shorts and promotional videos and mostly documentaries, commercials and TV shows recently. Currently working on feature film, writing, directing, shooting. www.vladimirskultety.com
Jiří Fedurco
Documentarist
Jiří Fedurco is known as a specialist in documentary soaps such as Život na vlásku (focussing on transplants at the IKEM hospital) Holky pod zámkem (female prisoners), Život je pes (guide dogs and their owners), Hasiči (Firemen). He has also directed numerous documentaries and episodes of such shows as Krotitelé dluhů, Polepšovna mazlíčků, To dáš!, Kousek nebe, Policie v akci. Further series he has directed include Stopy, fakta, tajemství.
Ivo Macharáček
Television and film director
Ivo has had a long and varied career covering documentaries, drama series, feature films and reality shows. His films include Panic je na nic, Tajemství staré bambitky and Intimity. Drama series Ordinace v růžové zahradě, Svatby v Benátkách, Strážce duší and the sitcom Helena. Documentaries such as Petr Bezruč bez záruky, Těšínské slezsko, Rumunsko hledání minulosti, Gruzínsko Afghánský konflikt, Azadlyk means freedom and Borneo za lovci lebek. Reality shows such as Výměna manželek, Vem si mě, Dům snů, Moje milá tchýně and Na nože. He has also directed numerous launch campaigns for various shows.