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Jaroslav Kratochvíl

Jaroslav Kratochvíl
Director and Dramaturg

Absolvent Katedry dokumentární tvorby na FAMU (2012) autorsky debutoval celovečerním snímkem Lovu zdar! (2014). As a dramaturge for Czech Radio, he creates audio documentaries for the DokuVlna series. For Czech Television, he directed a documentary about the Alfa Theater in Pilsen, Fenomén Alfa (2022) (The Alpha Phenomenon), another documentary about the political situation in Crimea, (Polo)ostrov Krym (2018) (The (peninsula) of Crimea), a portrait of Karol Sidon Sen o Karolu Sidonovi (2018) (The Dream of Karol Sidon), a portrait of the traveler Miloslav Stingl, Indiáni ve městě, indiáni ve mně jste (2014) (Indians in the City, Indians in Me), a documentary about post-war retribution trials, Národní očista (2018) (National Purge), two series on modern technologies, Futuretro (2022) and Futuro (2021), a series mapping Jewish cemeteries in the Czech Republic, Hádanky domů života I./II. (2013/2017) (Riddles of the Houses of Life I./II.), and an episode dedicated to Petr Pithart from the series Expremiéři (2013) (Former Prime Ministers). As one of the directors of the film Na Značky (2021) (On Tags) under the direction of Marie Pinčíková. He is also one of the directors of the popular Czech Television program D Dva3. In addition, he is also currently creating his own documentary films.

His projects Stopy člověka v krajině (Traces of Man in the Landscape), Od bot k mikročipům (From Shoes to Microchips), Obrazy vody (Images of Water), and Dina Štěrbová: Příběh horolezkyně (Dina Štěrbová: The Story of a Climber) are part of Matchmaking.