PETR KAŇKA – Curriculum VitaeAssociate Professor of Documentary Film Place of Birth: Prague Permanent Address: Londýnská 334/84, Prague 2 120 00 Czech Republic Telephone: + 420 222 511 551, + 420 724 250 111 Education: Theory and History of Film, Theatre and Music; The Charles University, Prague 1981Employment:Director of the Czechoslovak Radio broadcasting company Awarded a prize for dramatic poem about the Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovski “I Was a Poet“ (director and screenwriter, composer)Dramaturgist of F. X. Šalda´s Theatre in Liberec, North BohemiaDramaturgist (programme editor) of the Czechoslovak Television broadcasting companySpecial experience: Assistant to the famous film director Jaromil Jireš (Czech New Wave)Cooperation with Jaromil Jireš on screenplays for music documentaryComposer of incidental musicAuthor and director of TV projects:“Hello, Music“ and “Terra Musica““Music Diary” (Notes)(TV series on current music events - 70 episodes)“Ten Centuries of Architecture“ (monothematic documentary on Czech architecture from Romanesque style to contemporary works of art - 27 episodes)Czech historical songs for TV (5 ´clips – 26 episodes)Festival films:“Music against Death“ (screenplay)“Laterna Magica - Life with a Dream“ (director and screenwriter)“Karel and Jan Saudek“ (director and screenwriter - biographic document on famous twins)“In Search of Janáček“ (director and screenwriter)Producer, director and screenwriter of the documentary “The Year of Czech Music““The Greatest of the Czechs – Antonín Dvořák (director and screenwriter, 2005) “The God´s Finger Touched Me” (about composer Josef Suk - director and screenwriter, 2006) “Josef Škvorecký - The Gentleman” (director and screenwriter, 2009)“Ideals and Money”, “Money and Ideals” - politic documentary (director and screenwriter, 2009, 2010)Daughters of Vietnamese Dragon (Miss of The Vietnam Community in The Czech Republic, director and screenwriter, 2012)Director awards:Santini´s Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora (1997)In Search of Janáček – Golden Prague International Festival (2003) “The God´s Finger Touched Me” (about composer Josef Suk) Annual Aword of the Czech Literary Fund Foundation, 2006, for audiovisual production “Josef Škvorecký - The Gentleman” International Arts and Film Festival, 2009, Telč, Czech RepublicOther activity:Chairman of the board – The Association of Czech Film Directors and Screenwriters (2010 – 2011)Contemporary activity - ongoing movies: Gypsies in the Third Millennium Jazz Q, Jazz-rock LegendPedagogical work:Head of the Department of Media Studies – Literary Academy of Josef Škvorecký, Prague (2005 – 2013)(documentary film workshops, history of Theatre and Music etc.) Rector of The International ART CAMPUS Prague - Literary Academy (2013)
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