Otakar Vávra
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-02-28 (100 years old)
Deathday
2011-09-15
Place of Birth
Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Also known As
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Otakar Vávra
Biography
Otakar Vávra (28 February 1911 – 15 September 2011) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. Vávra attended universities in Brno and Prague, where he studied architecture. During 1929–30, while still a student, he participated in the making of a handful of documentaries and wrote movie scripts. In 1931, he produced the experimental film Světlo proniká tmou. The first movie he directed was 1937's Panenství. His 1938 film The Merry Wives was praised in Variety for "first-rate direction, a salty yarn and elaborate production effort", even though it had undergone certain cuts because it was considered too "ribald" by American cens...
Acting
1958
as Self
2002
as Self
1985
as Self - Audience Member
2005
as Himself
2018
Production
1950
as Creative Producer
1949
as Director
1949
as Screenplay
1947
as Creative Producer
1949
as Creative Producer
1949
as Creative Producer
1961
as Screenplay
1948
as Creative Producer
1949
as Creative Producer
1949
as Story
1949
as Screenplay
1948
as Creative Producer
1949
as Creative Producer
1949
as Creative Producer
1949
as Screenplay
1949
as Creative Producer
1984
as Director
1984
as Screenplay
1983
as Director
1983
as Story
1983
as Screenplay
1951
as Creative Producer
1950
as Creative Producer
1967
as Director
1963
as Story
1954
as Screenplay
1970
as Director
1933
as Screenplay
1955
as Story
1955
as Screenplay
1948
as Director
1965
as Screenplay
1956
as Creative Producer
1956
as Story
1956
as Screenplay
1969
as Director
1969
as Screenplay
1967
as Screenplay
1955
as Director
1956
as Director
1957
as Director
1946
as Director
1957
as Creative Producer
1975
as Director
1935
as Screenplay
1949
as Director
1934
as Director
1935
as Director
1937
as Director
1959
as Screenplay
1965
as Director
1980
as Director
1937
as Director
1945
as Director
1978
as Director
1940
as Director
1930
as Director
1938
as Director
1985
as Director
1961
as Director
1961
as Director
1961
as Screenplay
1939
as Director
1937
as Director
1973
as Director
1977
as Director
1939
as Director
1973
as Story
1973
as Screenplay
1940
as Director
1975
as Story
1975
as Screenplay
1989
as Director
2002
as Director
2002
as Story
2002
as Screenplay
1960
as Director
1960
as Screenplay
1961
as Director
1961
as Screenplay
1942
as Director
1977
as Story
1977
as Screenplay
1978
as Screenplay
1943
as Director
1948
as Screenplay
1970
as Screenplay
1980
as Screenplay
1985
as Screenplay
1986
as Screenplay
1935
as Screenplay
1936
as Screenplay
1940
as Director
1940
as Screenplay
1986
as Director
1936
as Screenplay
1937
as Screenplay
1938
as Screenplay
1940
as Screenplay
1942
as Screenplay
1939
as Screenplay
1942
as Director
1942
as Screenplay
1935
as Screenplay
1935
as Screenplay
1941
as Director
1941
as Screenplay
1947
as Director
1947
as Screenplay
1940
as Director
1940
as Screenplay
1935
as Screenplay
1935
as Editor
1936
as Writer
1946
as Screenplay
1953
as Director
1949
as Story
1953
as Screenplay
1945
as Director
1945
as Idea
1945
as Screenplay
1946
as Director
1946
as Idea
1946
as Screenplay
1936
as Story
1936
as Screenplay
1957
as Screenplay
1938
as Screenplay
1949
as Screenplay
1959
as Director
1931
as Director
1930
1930
as Screenplay
1930
as Editor
1930
as Director
1933
as Screenplay
1934
as Story
1934
as Screenplay
1934
as Editor
1937
as Screenplay
1937
as Screenplay
1937
as Screenplay
1937
as Screenplay
1960
as Director
1960
as Screenplay
1940
as Screenplay
1939
as Screenplay
1963
as Director
1963
as Screenplay
1945
1945
as Screenplay
1943
as Screenplay
1948
as Creative Producer
1948
as Creative Producer
1948
as Creative Producer
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