Petr Marek

Directing

Born February 5, 1974 · Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic)

Biography

Born in 1974, since the late 1980s he has made about thirty short and seven long films (the shortest 9 seconds, the longest 4 hours). Among the awarded films is the 8mm Všechno na Mars! (1997). The film Dříve, než.... (1997) is part of the National Film Archive's collection Czech Experimental Film and together with Film Petra (1995), was screened as part of the recent Czech Season in Paris. Together with Vít Janeček, Petr Marek made a documentary essay about the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 1997 for Czech Television. In 2001, he participated as a second cameraman in Jan Němec's film Noční ho…