Milan Cieslar

Milan Cieslar (b. 1960, Český Těšín) graduated in production from a technical high school and in direction from Prague's Film Academy (FAMU). In 1986 he took work at Barrandov Film Studios as an assistant director working with e.g. Věra Chytilová. He has also worked in television (successful made-for-TV movies and productions: Hands, 1986; Markéta's Menagerie, 1998; Black Tears, 2002; The Star of Life, 2002 and King Ječmínek, 2003). In 1993 he founded the production company Happy Celluloid. Filmography: an adventure film behind the scenes at the horse races, Dynamite (1989); a psychological story of a man who hasn't forgotten the ideals of the sixties, Looking for Lennon (1991); the psychological crime drama A Taste of Death (1995); the drama of a young woman who becomes a victim of Nazi experimentation, Spring of Life (2000); Dirty Soul (2004); the psychological tale Bonds of Blood (2005).

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