The third sitting
is my mother
The second standing
is my granny and my granddad Dr. Ing. Prokop Prochazka
Born May 5, 1945 in Kladno.
Father Jiri Svoboda, Jurist doctor.
Mother Bozena Svobodova (née Prochazkova).
Wife:
Milena Niznanska, chemistry engineer (Married
in 1973.)
Children:
Jarmila (1974), doctor of medicine, member of
MENSA.
Gabriela (1975), anthropologists.
Studies and professions:
Theatre drama at Academy of Performing Arts DAMU,
Prague.
1963 expelled for political reasons.
1963 - 1966 warehouseman and driver.
Film and television direction at Academy of Performing
Arts, Film Faculty FAMU, Prague.
1971 graduated as magister of Art.
1971 - 1993 director and scriptwriter, Film Studios
Barrandov.
1986 named as Merited Artist.
1987 - 1989 Deputy Chairman, Union of Czech Dramatic
Artists.
1987- 1990 Chairman, Union of Czech Film Artists.
1975 – 1990 Member of Czechoslovak Communist
Party.
1990 – 1993 Chairman, Communist Party of Czech
and Moravia.
1990 –1992 Deputy to House of Nations Federal
Ass. of Czech and Slovak Federal Republic.
1990 - 1994 Assistant, Academy of Performing
Arts, Film Faculty FAMU, Prague.
1994 graduated senior lecturer (assistant professor).
2000 graduated professor.
Filmography:
1975 “Hostage”
(director and scriptwriter)
1975 “A Mirror for Christine”
Based on novel of L. Romportlova.
(director and scriptwriter)
Special Award IFF Burgas.
1976 “House on the street Na Porici”
Based on novel of K.Storkan.
(director)
1977 “The Break Time”
(director)
1979 “The Blue Planet”
(director and co-scriptwriter)
1980 “Girl with a Shell”
Based on novel of J. Kolarova.
(director and co-scriptwriter)
Special Award National FF Czechoslovakia 1981.
1981 “The Chain”
(director)
1982 “A Meeting with Shadows” (in USA known as
“I am your memory”)
(director and scriptwriter)
“Grand Premio” IFF independent films San Remo 1982.
1983 “The End of the Lonely Berhof Farmstead”
Based on novel of V. Körner.
(director)
“Grand Special Award” IFF Karlovy Vary 1983.
Special Award Jury - IFF Cannes 1983 (Film and the young people).
Award Spectators - IFF Cannes 1983 (Film and the young people).
1985 “The Lancet, please”
Based on novel of V. Styblova.
(director and scriptwriter)
Special Award - National FF Czechoslovakia 1985.
Special Award Filmmakers - IFF Moscow 1985.
Special Award Red Cross and Crescent - IFF Moscow 1985
1986 “Papilio”
(director)
1987 “The World Knows Nothing”
Based on novel of M. Nohejl.
(director and co-scriptwriter)
1988 “A Curse on the Hajn´s House” (in USA known
as “Invisible Man”)
Based on novel of J. Havlicek.
(director and co-scriptwriter)
Special Award - IFF Rio de Janeiro 1989.
1989 “Only About Familly Orders”
Based on novel of J. Kolarova.
(director and co-scriptwriter)
Special Award in section Panorama Europien Films - IFF Berlin 1991
Also directed more than 25 TV films and TV plays.
1999 – 2000 “10 Centuries of Architecture” – TV
serial
Scriptwriter and director of several parts.
Scriptwriter and director of parts about Gothic and Baroque Architecture
for Exhibition in 2001 at Prague Castle.