Jan Hřebejk

Director, Escritor, Actor

27 de junio de 1967 (58 años)
Jan Hřebejk (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈɦr̝ɛbɛjk]; born 27 June 1967) is a Czech film director and actor. Born in Prague, Hřebejk graduated from high school in 1987 and continued his studies at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) from 1987 to 1991, majoring in screenplay and dramaturgy. He was at FAMU alongside Petr Jarchovský, who is also his classmate from high school and subsequently a frequent collaborator as a screenwriter.

While at FAMU, Hřebejk directed and produced two short films, Co všechno chcete vědět o sexu a bojíte se to prožít (1988) and L. P. 1948 (1989),[1] from scripts written by his classmate Petr Zelenka. His professional directorial debut was a short film for Czech TV, Nedělejte nic, pokud k tomu nemáte vážný důvod (1991), also written by Zelenka. His films caught the attention of viewers and critics, and entered student film festivals.

Also while still at FAMU, Hřebejk and Jarchovský wrote a comedy screenplay inspired by Hřebejk's background at a summer camp, entitled Pejme písen dohola. This screenplay was filmed in 1990 as a full-length feature by director Ondřej Trojan. In 1992, Hřebejk filmed a version of his FAMU graduate thesis, an interpretation of Egon Hostovský's Dobrocinny vecírek.

This was followed by Big Beat, a rock and roll comedy set in the 1950s and Hřebejk's first major box office success. The film was written by Jarchovský, based on a story by Petr Šabach, and won four Czech Lion awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Hřebejk. In 1996, Hřebejk directed a children's TV series, Kde padají hvezdy, which was syndicated around Europe. The following year, Hřebejk and Jarchovský won awards from the Film and Television Association and the Literary Fund for their contribution to dramatic television programming, for three episodes they wrote for the TV series Bachelors.

The writing and production team behind Big Beat subsequently reunited for two further films, Cosy Dens (Czech: Pelíšky; 1999) and Divided We Fall (Czech: Musíme si pomáhat; 2000), both of which became enormously successful within the Czech Republic.

His 2009 film Kawasaki's Rose was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but didn't make the final shortlist.

Películas y series en Plex

  • La profesora
    La profesora2016

Conocido por

  • Cosy Dens
    Cosy Dens1999
  • El amor en tiempos de odio
    El amor en tiempos de odio2000
  • La profesora
    La profesora2016
  • Up and Down
    Up and Down2004
  • Pupendo
    Pupendo2003
  • Kawasaki's Rose
    Kawasaki's Rose2009
  • Beauty in Trouble
    Beauty in Trouble2006
  • 4Some
    4Some2012
  • Nestyda
    Nestyda2008
  • Medvídek
    Medvídek2007
  • Líbánky (Luna de miel)
    Líbánky (Luna de miel)2013
  • Innocence
    Innocence2011
  • Sakalí léta
    Sakalí léta1993
  • I'm All Good
    I'm All Good2008
  • Línea roja
    Línea roja4 episodes
  • State of Emergency
    State of Emergency2024
  • Veterán
    Veterán2020
  • Head Over Heels
    Head Over Heels2 seasons
  • Zahradnictví: Rodinný prítel
    Zahradnictví: Rodinný prítel2017
  • Icing
    Icing2014

Filmography