Mini-Biography:
Juraj Jakubisko was born on April 30, 1938 in Kojsvov. He is Director, Author, known for Perinbaba (1985), Pani Holle (1985), Kadzdy den má svoje jméno (1960), Juraj Jakubisko's first movie on record is from 1960. His last motion picture on file dates from 1990.

Biographical Notes
After studying painting, he graduated at the Film Academy in Prague (department: directing) and worked as a director with the internationally renowed LATERNA MAGICA theater. During his studies he shot several films, including "The Silence" (MILCANIE), for which he received the Brussels Film School's (INSAC) prize at the Knokke Film Festival. Some of his former associates, like Forman and Passer, nowadays work in the United States. "I decided to stay. I need a Czech film team for my work, for only then can I make the kind of film I have in mind, and express what I want to express". (Jakubisko)

His final project at the Academy, "They are waiting for Godot" (CAKAJU NA GODOTA) was awarded first prize as the best short feature film at Oberhausen in 1968 and received the Simon Dubreuilh Prize at Mannheim that same year. His film "Christ's Years" (KRISTOVE ROKY) was awarded the International Filmcritics' Prize (FIPRESCI), the Joseph von Sternberg Prize and the Prize of the International Jury of the German "Volkshochschule". Among his many theater and short films, "The Building of the Century" (STAVBA STOROCIA) received first prize at the International Film Festival in Budapest in 1973, while "The little Drummer" (BUBENIK) won a gold medal at the Varna Film Festival in 1977 as well as an honorable mention at Oberhausen in 1978.

"The Millennial Bee" was awarded the FENICE DEL CINEMA at the 1983 International Film Festival in Venice, and received the prize for "most beautiful film" from the Federation of Film Clubs at the 1983 non-competitive International Film Festival in Seville. At the non-competitive festivals in Belgrade in February, and in Vienna (Viennale '84) in April 1984 "The Millennial Bee" was once again the favourite of press and public alike, as it had been at the earlier events.

1985 "Frau Holle" - an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale starring Giulietta Masina - competed at the Festival in Venice. In the following year this film received the "Prix de la jeune public" at the Leon Festival.

1964 MLCANIE
(The Silence)
(Il Silenzio)

1965 CEKANI NA GODOTA
(Warten auf Godot)
(They are waiting for Godot)
(En attendant Godot)
(Aspettando Godot)
1968 Oberhausen - Grand Prix/Best short feature film
1968 Mannheim - Simone Dubreuilh Award

1965 VYSTAHOVALCI
(L'emigrato)

1965 DAZD
(La pioggia)

1967 KRISTOVE ROKY
(Das Christusalter)
(Christ's Year)
(L'Age du Christ)
(Gli Anni di Christa)
1969 Mannheim - FIPRESCI Award
- Joseph von Sternberg-Award

1968 ZBEHOVIA A PUTNICI
(Die Deserteure und Pilger)
(Deserter and Nomads)
(Déserteurs et Nomades)
(Il disertore e i nomadi)
1968 Venice - Honorable mention

1969 PTACKOVÉ, SIROTCI A BLAZNI
(Vögel, Waisen und Narren)
(Les oiseaux, les orphelines et les fous)
(Gli uccellini, gli orfani e i pazzi)

1970 NASHLEDANOU V PEKLE, PRATELÉ
(Au revoir en enfer, mes amis)
(Arrivederci all'inferno, amici)

1973 STAVBA STOROCIA
(Der Bau des Jahrhunderts)
(The Building of the Century)
(La Construction du siècle)
(La Construzione del secolo)
1973 Budapest - First Prize

1977 BUBENIK
(Der kleine Trommler)
(The little Drummer)
(Le Petit Tambour)
(Il Tamburino)
1978 Oberhausen - First Prize

1979 POSTAV DOM, ZASAD STROM
(Bau ein Haus, pflanz einen Baum)
(Build a House, plant a tree)
(Construis ta maison et plante une arbre)
(Fai costruire una casa, fai piantare un albero)

1981 NEVERA PO SLOVENSKY
(Adultère à la slovaque)
(Adulterio alla slovacca)

1983 TISICROCNA VCELA
(Die tausendjährige Biene)
(The Millennial Bee)
(L'abeille millenaire)
(L'ape millenaria)
1983 Venice - Golden Phoenix/Best Photography

1985 FRAU HOLLE
(Pani Holle)
(Mother Holle)
(Madame Holle)
(La signora della neve)
mit Giulietta Masina, Tobias Hoesl
1985 Leon - Prix du jeune public

FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1990: Dovidenia v pekle, priatelia (Arrivederci all'inferno, amici) (Cast), with Jan Melkovic, Olga Schoberová,
1989: Sedím na konári a je mi dobre (Sitting pretty on a branch) (Director), with Boleslav Polívka, Ondrej Pavelka, Deana Horváthová,
1986: Frankensteins Tante (Frankenstein's Aunt) (Director), with Flavio Bucci, Eddie Constantine, Jacques Herlin,
1985: Perinbaba (Director),
1985: Pani Holle (Mother Holle, Perinbaba) (Director), with Karel Effa, Tobias Hoesl, Eva Horká,
1983: Tisicrocna vcela (The millenial bee, L' abeille millenaire, L' ape millenaria) (Director), with Michal Docolomansky, Eva Jakubková, Jana Janovská,
1979: Postav dom, zasad' strom (Build a house, plant a tree) (Director), with Jana Brezinová, Pavel Novy,
1979: Nevera po slovensky I-III (Director: TV), with Stanislav Kubis, Otto Lackovic,
1978: Dozinky '77 (Director: Kurzfilm),
1977: Bubeník cerveného kríza (Director: Kurzfilm),
1976: Filmy v mesiaci CSSP (Director: Kurzfilm),
1976: Tri vrecia cementu a zivy kohút (Director: Mittellanger Film),
1975: Omnia (Director: Kurzfilm),
1975: Slovensko - krajina pod Tratrami (Director: Documentary TV),
1974: Ondrej Nepela (Director: Kurzfilm),
1972: Stavba storocia (Director: Kurzfilm),
1969: Ptackové, Sirotci a blazni (Vtácikovia, siroty a blázni, Little birds, Orphans, and Fools) (Director), with Philippe Avron, , ,
1968: Zbehovia a pútnici (Director),
1968: Zbehove a Tulaci (The Deserter and the Nomads, Déserteurs et Nomades, Il disertore e i nomadi) (Director), with Gejza Ferenc, Stefan Ladizinsky,
1967: Kristove roky (The Years of Christ, Christ's Year) (Director), with Miriam Kantorková, Vlado Müller, ,
1966: Ceskají na Godota (Cakaji na Godota, En attendant Godot, They are waiting for Godot, Aspettando Godot) (Director: Mittellanger Spielfilm), with M. Richterová, ,
1965: Dést' (Director: Medium Lenght Film),
1963: Mlcení (Director: Kurzfilm FAMU),
1960: Kadzdy den má svoje jméno (Director: Kurzfilm),

Bibliography
Filmové Profily, Band I;

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