Hynek Bočan

Hynek Bočan

Known for

Directing

Born

April 29, 1938 (age 88)

Birthplace

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Biography

Hynek Bočan (Born 29 April 1938) is a Czech film director and screenwriter. He started his studies at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague when he was 18 years old.

He started as an assistant director on movies Ninety Degrees in the Shade, Diamonds of the Night or Ikarie XB-1. His first movie was an adaptation of Milan Kundera's story Nobody Gets the Last Laugh in 1965. His movie Pasťák (1968) was banned and only released in 1990.

Best known work

Ikarie XB 1
Ikarie XB 1
1963
Diamonds of the Night
Diamonds of the Night
1964
Give the Devil His Due
Give the Devil His Due
1985
90° in the Shade
90° in the Shade
1965
Láska rohatá
Láska rohatá
2009
Chief, It's Amazing
Chief, It's Amazing
1982
The Man from London
The Man from London
1974
Honor and Glory
Honor and Glory
1969
Our Gang
Our Gang
1977
Nobody Will Laugh
Nobody Will Laugh
1966

Filmography

  1. 2025

    Visitor Jindřich Polák

    as Self

  2. 2023

  3. 2014

    Piknik

    Writer, Director

  4. 2010

  5. 2009

  6. 2009

    Golden SixtiesTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  7. 2006

  8. 2003

  9. 2003

    Žabák

    Screenplay, Director

  10. 2000

    Hotel HerbichTV

    Director

  11. 1997

    Zdivočelá země

    Director, Story, Screenplay

  12. 1997

    Boomerang

    Director

  13. 1995

    Když se slunci nedaříTV

    Director, Screenplay

  14. 1994

  15. 1992

  16. 1991

  17. 1991

  18. 1991

    O zapomnětlivém černokněžníkovi

    Director, Story, Screenplay

  19. 1991

  20. 1991

  21. 1990

    The Borstal

    Screenplay, Director

  22. 1990

  23. 1990

  24. 1990

  25. 1989

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