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Otakáro Schmidt

Otakáro Schmidt

Director · Born 1960-07-28 · Plzeň, Československo

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Biography

Otakáro Maria Schmidt, birth name Otakar Miloslav Maria Schmidt, nicknamed "Štětináč", born on October 28, 1960 in Pilsen, is a Czech director, screenwriter, moderator, actor, dancer and playwright. In the 1960s he was a member of the Scout Club, nicknamed Červenáček. At the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague, he studied pantomime, dance and acting. Afterwards, he was employed as a dancer at the Liberec theater, working with Laura and her tigers. He is the initiator of the BAR Fantastic and Gas Theater project. It was part of the so-called Prague Five of the Sklep Theater. In the 1990s he graduated from the Department of Screenwriting and Dramaturgy at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts. He is involved in writing scenarios, directing documentaries where he is also a cameraman, and journalism. In several films, he starred in supporting roles. He is the author of the book Tajas full of islands (publisher D. Hrbek, Olomouc) and the music album Burning dreams. After his conversion (in 2004 he was baptized by Tomáš Halík in the Church of the Most Holy Salvator), he devoted himself even more to Christian themes in his work. His film projects collaborate with h…

Directed

  1. Eliška Likes It Hot (1999) — Director
  2. Alenka v zemi zázraků (2018) — Director
  3. Blázen z La Verny (2010) — Director
  4. Luba Skořepová (2010) — Director
  5. Mendel – otec genetiky (2017) — Director
  6. Marie Magdaléna – apoštolka apoštolů (2023) — Director
  7. Pražské Jezulátko (2011) — Director
  8. Herbert v ringu (2009) — Director
  9. Mikuláš - Svatý mistr v obdarování (2021) — Director
  10. Misie. Až na kraj světa s jezuity (2013) — Director
  11. Utajené příběhy českých dějin (2018) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Accumulator 1 (1994) — Shop Assistant
  2. The Smoke (1991)
  3. The Gnome (2005) — Inspector
  4. Expulsion from Paradise (2001)
  5. Coal Tower (2002) — Moderátor
  6. Pražská 5 (1989) — Volunteer Miloš (segment "Na brigádě!")
  7. Ruce v záruce (2022) — doktor
  8. Malostranské humoresky (1996) — Tomek
  9. Stone Bridge (1996)
  10. Alenka v zemi zázraků (2018) — Renato
  11. Proč bychom se netopili (2009) — Venca
  12. Mlýny (1994)
  13. My Pragues Understand Me (1991)
  14. The Seven (1989) — člen Zobákovy party
  15. Blázen z La Verny (2010)
  16. Mendel – otec genetiky (2017) — Commentary (voice)
  17. Marie Magdaléna – apoštolka apoštolů (2023) — Commentary (voice)
  18. Pražské Jezulátko (2011)
  19. Mikuláš - Svatý mistr v obdarování (2021) — narrator
  20. Vltava hraje k volbám (1990)
  21. Míč (1991)