Julius Ševčík

Julius Ševčík (b. 1978, Prague) began to make a name for himself while he was still studying at the New York Film Academy, turning out the four-minute black-and-white film The Spiral (1997), which he also wrote. From 1999 to 2005 he worked as a director of commercials and short films. He completed his feature-film directors' course at Prague's FAMU with the formally unconventional Restart (2005). His medium-length college piece 51 Kilohertz (2003) garnered awards at a number of foreign festivals (incl. Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Clermont-Ferrand). His distinctive approach to form is again evident in the 2009 thriller Normal, starring Milan Kňažko and Dagmar Havlová. He lives and works both in the Czech Republic and in Los Angeles.

MFF Karlovy Vary