Petr Nýdrle (b. 1954, Prague) began to make a name for himself while still a FAMU student with Kamil Morávek’s Easter (1978). The satire Eugene Among Us (1981) is still his only feature film to date. He emigrated to the USA in 1983, where he directed and produced Santana: Sacred Fire Live in Mexico (1995), a made-for-TV documentary covering a concert given in Mexico by the legendary rock musician. Nýdrle established himself as an acclaimed director of commercials and music videos (e.g. featuring Eric Clapton and Faith Hill). In 1997 he received a Golden Lion at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for his spot on Harley Davidson, Birds. He won the same award twelve years later for the independent half-hour film profiling the Chambers hotel in Minneapolis.
46. IFF Karlovy Vary
