Trivia

During his studies at Film and TV School of AMU (FAMU) he spent hours and hours watching VHS tapes and he and his classmate wrote down individual pictures of film on post-it notes. They were inspired by F. Truffaut, who, as they read, was repeatedly going to cinema to watch the same movies again and again in order to understand how they were made.

He loves and focuses on storytelling through images, gestures, and behavior. He prefers strong stories and characters that grow and become strong over the course of the story. His role models in terms of narration are, among others, M. Forman, A. Hitchcock, F. Truffaut.

He made his first movie, called "Express", in 1987 at the age of 15 with camera Super 8, that he bought with his savings. It was a short movie, about 3 minutes, of the western genre. The main character was unfortunately killed immediately because his mom had sent him to grocery store to buy potatoes.

He lectures classes focused on narration and screenwriting at the Silesian University and the Secondary Film School.

He likes when the story has a secret and it can be told again and again. That is, according to him, a masterfully executed story.

The TV series Vypravej has won the Czech Audience Award Týtý five times. No other TV series in the Czech Republic has achieved that.

Fellini's Amacord and his "constant bombarding" by childhood and family memories were the main inspiration for TV series Vypravej.

He listens to soul and Celtic music while working.

In high school, he was completely amazed by the musical Hair and fascinated by the intensity of emotions evoked by a combination of music and image.

He lives in Prague with his wife actress Jana Bernásková. He has two children, Justýna and Theodor.

In 2011, the TV series Vypravej was awarded with the prestigious Golden Nymph Award for "Best TV Drama Series". It is the first and only Czech TV series that won this award.

The short film Nelásky won a number of awards around the world. However, the most appreciated one is the Premiers Plan Angers (2003), where actress Jeanne Moreau sat on the jury.

In 1978, he saw, as one of the few people in the socialist block, the cult sci-fi movie Star Wars in a summer cinema on a family vacation in Bulgaria. The movie was in English and his mother was translating to him from Bulgarian subtitles (but she was not very skilled in Bulgarian). Nevertheless, he was totally enchanted by the movie and he had to tell the story over and over to his classmates.

His "guilty pleasures" include watching classic TV series such as The Professionals and MASH, which he likes to watch again and again, whenever possible.