Petr Koliha
- Director
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
In 1982 Koliha graduated film school (FAMU) in film and television
directing. His first directing job was at the small avant-garde Prague
theatre "A-Studio" (Anton Chekhov's
"Cherry Orchard", Maxim Gorky's "Karamora").
At that time he also started cooperating with Czechoslovak Television
where he made several television plays - critical reviews and viewers
particularly appreciated his "Test Results (1987)" and the two part
production "The Court-case with the Murderers of Ms. Martynova" which
was valued as the best play of 1988 in Czechoslovak Television. In 1989
Petr Koliha made his feature-film debut at the Film Studios Barrandov
with Nezný barbar (1990), based on
the book by Bohumil Hrabal and starring
Bolek Polívka,
Jirí Menzel and
Arnost Goldflam. In 1994 he directed two
projects. First a Czech Television TV-play based on a story by Josef
Topol, "The Cat on the Rails", and second at Cinoherni studio-theatre
William Shakespeare's "Romeo
and Juliet". In 1996 he directed a TV-play based on the play "Play
Strindberg" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
and a TV-play of David Jan Novotny. In 1997 he directed his second
feature film based on the book of young writer
Michal Viewegh,
Výchova dívek v Cechách (1997).
Since 1990 till 2002 he was teaching at the Prague Film School (FAMU)
in the department of directing. Petr Koliha was the head Producer of
the creative group at Czech Television from 1990 to 1995 where he
created as producer more than fifty TV-plays, TV-films, feature films
and TV-serials. From 1998 to 2000 he worked as Programme Director for
TV Prima. From 2001 to 2002 he worked as Programme Director of public
Czech Television. Petr Koliha as Artistic Director managed Zlin Film
Festival from 2003 to 2012. At this time he works as Executive Director
of CT :D Channel at Czech Television. Petr Koliha is voting member of
European Film Academy.