Director
Václav Marhoul
January 30, 1960 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Václav Marhoul (Czech: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈmarɦoul]; born 30 January 1960; Prague) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He studied at Prague's FAMU, graduating in 1984. He directed his first film Mazaný Filip, based on Raymond Chandler's books, in 2003. In 2008, his second film Tobruk was premiered. His next film The Painted Bird, based on Jerzy Kosiński's novel of the same title, premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. He also starred in several films such as Gympl (2007), Ulovit miliardáře (2009) and Cesta do lesa (2012).
He is set to make his English-language debut with a biographical film about Joseph McCarthy, with Michael Shannon in the lead role, and co-starring Emilia Clarke, Dane DeHaan and Scoot McNairy.
Often works with
Milan Šteindler
6 titles together
The Gnome, Horror Story, Redakce
Tomáš Hanák
5 titles together
Smart Philip, The Gnome, Tajemství Divadla Sklep aneb Manuál na záchranu světa
Jiří Macháček
4 titles together
Smart Philip, The Gnome, Böhmen und Mähren
David Vávra
4 titles together
The Gnome, Tajemství Divadla Sklep aneb Manuál na záchranu světa, Böhmen und Mähren
Tomáš Vorel
3 titles together
The Gnome, Amerika, Tajemství Divadla Sklep aneb Manuál na záchranu světa
Petr Vaněk
2 titles together
The Painted Bird, Tobruk
