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Jana Boková

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
1

Gender
Female

Birthday
Birthday not available

Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia

Jana Boková

Biography

Boková (born in 1948) is a Czech film director.

Born in Prague, she left Czechoslovakia at the time of the Soviet invasion in August 1968 to attend a conference of art students in Austria, then emigrated to Paris, France to study at the Sorbonne. She then lived in the United States and worked as a contributing photographer for Rolling Stone magazine, and subsequently became a film student at the National Film School in England debuting as a film director in 1975 with the critically acclaimed Militia Battlefield. She made films regularly for the BBC arts series Omnibus and Arena, winning many international awards.

She wrote and directed the 1986 drama film Hôtel du Paradis, which was shown out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987.

In 2001, Boková was approached by musician Eric Clapton to direct a music video, but ended up filming a feature-length documentary film called Eric Clapton and Friends which covered Clapton's band's rehearsals and preparations for a world tour.

In 2003, the Cinémathèque Française hosted a complete retrospective of Boková's work.

In 2012 Jana Bokova received a Czech award for cultural achievement.

Known For

Directing

2003Eric Clapton and Friends...Director
1998Diary for a Tale...Director
1994Bahia of All the Saints...Director
1990Havana...Director
1986Paradise Hotel...Director
1984Sunset People...Director
1981Dallas — The Big Store...Director
1980Quinn Running...Director
1980Blue Moon...Director
1979I Look Like This...Director
1978Living Room...Director
1978Marevna and Marika...Director
1977Love Is Like a Violin...Director
1977Just One More War...Director
1975Militia Battefield...Director
1974Jokey...Director
1973Déjà Vu...Director
1972A Cette Minute...Director

Camera

2003Eric Clapton and Friends...Director of Photography

Crew

2000Before Night Falls...Documentation & Support

Production

1994Bahia of All the Saints...Producer
1981Dallas — The Big Store...Producer
1980Blue Moon...Producer
1978Living Room...Producer

Writing

1986Paradise Hotel...Writer

Editing

1977Love Is Like a Violin...Editor

Acting

2005Night Watchas Lady Cocaina