JAN ŠIKL
Born: February 22, 1957 in Prague
Education: Graduated from FAMU Prague in 1982
1984 - 1990 employed as the director in Krátký
film Praha
Filmography
5 documentary films
13 commercials
11 screenplays for a TV feature film series for Czech Television,
"Adventures of the Criminalist"
Since 1991, for his own company, "Pragafilm"
Selected works:
30 Short documentary programs (15 min. each)
16 Documentary films as a director for Czech Television (30-60 min)
14 Documentary films as a director and producer (in co-production
with European TV comp.) including:
1997-2001: "10 Centuries of Architecture" series about
Czech architecture (10 episodes)
2003: "On the road" I-III - 6 year-long project filming
drug addicts.
2004: "Winning Your Heart" - Filmic poems about Czech Republic.
For EXPO 2005 Aichi - Japan
2004-8: "Private Century I-VIII" - Series of authentic stories
based on private family film archives.
Awards
2008
Kristian-Febiofest, Critics Award for Best Documentary
Golden Medal of Belegrade Serbia - Best International Documentary
2007
Crossroads of Europe - Lublin - Poland - 2nd Place
Trilobit - Annual Award of the Czech Film and Television Union FITES
Cena Pavla Kouteckého - Award for an Outstanding Documentary Enterprise
Elsa - Award of the Czech Film and Television Academy
2006
MFDF Jihlava: Česká radost - Best Czech Documentary Film
2005
MFDF Jihlava: Česká radost - Best Czech Documentary Film
