A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Prague, Czechoslovakia
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.
Director:
1972 A Cette Minute
1973 Déjà Vu
1974 Jokey
1975 Militia Battefield
1977 Just One More War
1977 Love Is Like a Violin
1978 Living Room
1978 Marevna and Marika
1979 I Look Like This
1980 Blue Moon
1980 Quinn Running
1981 Dallas — The Big Store
1984 Sunset People
1986 Paradise Hotel
1990 Havana
1994 Bahia of All the Saints
1998 Diary for a Tale
2003 Eric Clapton and Friends
Director of Photography:
1972 A Cette Minute
1973 Déjà Vu
1974 Jokey
1975 Militia Battefield
1977 Just One More War
1977 Love Is Like a Violin
1978 Living Room
1978 Marevna and Marika
1979 I Look Like This
1980 Blue Moon
1980 Quinn Running
1981 Dallas — The Big Store
1984 Sunset People
1986 Paradise Hotel
1990 Havana
1994 Bahia of All the Saints
1998 Diary for a Tale
2003 Eric Clapton and Friends
Documentation & Support:
1972 A Cette Minute
1973 Déjà Vu
1974 Jokey
1975 Militia Battefield
1977 Just One More War
1977 Love Is Like a Violin
1978 Living Room
1978 Marevna and Marika
1979 I Look Like This
1980 Blue Moon
1980 Quinn Running
1981 Dallas — The Big Store
1984 Sunset People
1986 Paradise Hotel
1990 Havana
1994 Bahia of All the Saints
1998 Diary for a Tale
2000 Before Night Falls
2003 Eric Clapton and Friends
Editor:
1972 A Cette Minute
1973 Déjà Vu
1974 Jokey
1975 Militia Battefield
1977 Just One More War
1977 Love Is Like a Violin
1978 Living Room
1978 Marevna and Marika
1979 I Look Like This
1980 Blue Moon
1980 Quinn Running
1981 Dallas — The Big Store
1984 Sunset People
1986 Paradise Hotel
1990 Havana
1994 Bahia of All the Saints
1998 Diary for a Tale
2000 Before Night Falls
2003 Eric Clapton and Friends
Producer:
1972 A Cette Minute
1973 Déjà Vu
1974 Jokey
1975 Militia Battefield
1977 Just One More War
1977 Love Is Like a Violin
1978 Living Room
1978 Marevna and Marika
1979 I Look Like This
1980 Blue Moon
1980 Quinn Running
1981 Dallas — The Big Store
1984 Sunset People
1986 Paradise Hotel
1990 Havana
1994 Bahia of All the Saints
1998 Diary for a Tale
2000 Before Night Falls
2003 Eric Clapton and Friends
Writer:
1972 A Cette Minute
1973 Déjà Vu
1974 Jokey
1975 Militia Battefield
1977 Just One More War
1977 Love Is Like a Violin
1978 Living Room
1978 Marevna and Marika
1979 I Look Like This
1980 Blue Moon
1980 Quinn Running
1981 Dallas — The Big Store
1984 Sunset People
1986 Paradise Hotel
1990 Havana
1994 Bahia of All the Saints
1998 Diary for a Tale
2000 Before Night Falls
2003 Eric Clapton and Friends
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