Štefan Uher (4 July 1930 – 29 March 1993) was a Slovak film director, one of the members of the Czechoslovak New Wave.
Štefan Uher | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 July 1930 |
| Died | 29 March 1993 (aged 62) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1955-1989 |
Life and work edit
He was born in Prievidza on 4 June 1930. He graduated from the FAMU in Prague in 1955.[1] Among his fellow students were future directors Martin Hollý Jr. and Peter Solan. All three began to work at the Koliba film studios[2] (then called the Feature Film Studio and the Short Film Studio) in Bratislava after graduation.
Uher first worked in the short film division. The first movie he directed was My z deviatej A about the life of a group of 15-year-old students and their school. His second feature was The Sun in a Net. His next two movies The Organ (1964),[3] and Three Daughters (1967) were based on screenplay by Alfonz Bednár.
He worked with a composer Ilja Zeljenka on 8 of his movies.[4]
Uher's last film She Grazed Horses on Concrete (1982) has remained one of Slovakia's most popular domestic productions through the 2000s.[5] The film was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.[6]
Filmography edit
Feature films edit
- Cesta nad oblaky (1955)
- Bolo raz priatelstvo (1958)
- My z deviatej A (1961)
- The Sun in a Net (1962)
- Organ (1965)
- Panna zázračnica (1966) (Miraculous Virgin)
- Tri dcéry (1967) (Three Daughters)
- Génius (1970)
- Keby som mal pusku (1971) (If I Had a Gun)
- Dolina (1973)
- Javor a Juliana (1973)
- Veľká noc a veľky den (1974)
- Studené podnebie (1974, TV)
- Keby som mal dievča (1976) (If I Had a Girl)
- Zlaté časy (1978) (Great Times)
- Penelopa (1978)
- Kamarátky (1979)
- Moje kone vrané (1980, TV mini-series)
- Kosenie jastrabej luky (1981) (Mowing of Hawk Meadow)
- She Grazed Horses on Concrete (1982)
- Šiesta veta (1986)
- Správca skanzenu (1988)
Documentaries edit
- Učitelka (1955)
- Stredoeurópský pohár (1955)
- Ludia pod Vihorlatom (1956)
- Tú kráčajú tragédie (1957)
- Niekedy v novembri (1958)
- Lodníci bez mora (1958)
- Poznačení tmou (1959)
- Očami kamery (1959)
References edit
- ^ FAMU
- ^ Koliba
- ^ Peter Konečný, "Štefan Uher: The Organ (Organ), 1964."
- ^ Votruba, Martin. "The Sun in a Net". Slovak Studies Program. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ Votruba, Martin. "She Grazed Horses on Concrete". Slovak Studies Program. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ "13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
External links edit
- Stefan Uher at IMDb
- Štefan Uher (dir., 1963) The Sun in a Net. Clip 1 ("A solar eclipse and lies scared the authorities.")
- Štefan Uher (dir., 1963) The Sun in a Net. Clip 2 ("Filmic transition and titillation.")
- Štefan Uher (dir., 1982) She Grazed Horses on Concrete. Clip 1 ("Crosscutting of love interests.")
- Štefan Uher (dir., 1982) She Grazed Horses on Concrete. Clip 2 ("Off-screen fighting.")