Václav Marhoul

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-01-30 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Václav Marhoul

Biography

Václav Marhoul (Czech: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈmarɦoul]; born 30 January 1960; Prague) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He studied at Prague's FAMU, graduating in 1984. He directed his first film Mazaný Filip, based on Raymond Chandler's books, in 2003. In 2008, his second film Tobruk was premiered. His next film The Painted Bird, based on Jerzy Kosiński's novel of the same title, premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. He also starred in several films such as Gympl (2007), Ulovit miliardáře (2009) and Cesta do lesa (2012). He is set to make his English-language debut with a biographical film about Joseph McCarthy, wit...

Production

2008

Tobruk

as Director

2003

Smart Philip

as Screenplay

2003

Smart Philip

as Director

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McCarthy

as Director

2008

Tobruk

as Screenplay

2008

Tobruk

as Producer

2019

The Painted Bird

as Director

2019

The Painted Bird

as Producer

2019

My Freedom

as Director

2020

2019

The Painted Bird

as Screenplay

1987

Papilio

as Unit Production Manager

1989

Pražská 5

as Unit Production Manager

1991

The Smoke

as Unit Production Manager

1995

The Shooter

as Production Executive

1998

The Bed

as Producer

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