FILMOGRAPHY
Mira Erdevicki - Charap
(Director)
Nationality: Yugoslav
Date of Birth: 24th July 1965
Education:
Design High School, Belgrade 1983-1985
Journalism Faculty, Belgrade 1985-1988
Film Academy, Prague 1988-1993
Profesionals credits:
Little cubes and smaller cubes
Children's series for Yugoslav TV. Assistant Director. 1987-8
Between the glass and the lips
Documentary about a famous Prague pub in the totalitarian era 1989
Dream
Short fiction film 1990 Black Rose Documentary about relations between Czech
skinheads and Gypsies 1990
The first 25 are the hardest
Prize-winning documentary about a young woman finding her feet in in contemporary
Prague 16mm 1991
Locked Together
An original television drama about a young couple in Prague's Mala Strana
1992
Actors in the Asylum
Graduation film about an unusual theatrical production in Bohnice mental
hospital. Awarded two first prizes in FAMU film festival. 16mm film co-production
Czech television and Kratký Film 1993
La Vallée de la Lune: Karel's last Christmas at
home
Chosen as one of six directors from central Europe to contribute to feature
length film about the ecologically devastated region in North Bohemia. 35mm
film co-production WHIZ production, Centre National de la Cinématografie,
Paris and Kratký Film 1993.
Underground
Assistant director on award-winning feature film directed by Emir Kustarica.
35mm film Pandora film Berlin, CIBY 2000 Paris 1993/4
Gen
Documentary portraits of violin maker J.pidlen and emminent psychiatrist
Prof. C. Hoschl. Czech television/Febio 1993
Genus
Documentary portraits of Olympic champion J.Kratochvílova and heraldary
expert J. Louda Czech television/Febio 1994
Oko: Foreigners in their own Home
Contraversial documentary about the new citizenship law which discriminated
against Romanies after the break up of Czechoslovakia. The programme proved
instrumental in getting the law changed. Czech television/Febio 1995
VIP
Documentary portraits of the manager of the largest mines in Bohemia, O. Klimetsky
and the manager of Hypobanka J. Kollert. Premiera television/Febio
1996.
Black And White In Colour
Hour long documentary portrait of Romany singer Věra Bílá and her band Kale.
Czech television/Arcimboldo
DAVID CHARAP
(Producer/Editor)
Name: David Charap
Nationality: British/American
Date of Birth: 26th September 1965
Education and qualification:
King's College, Cambridge [1984-1987]
Department of Drama, University of Bristol [1988-1989]
FAMU, Prague [1990-1991]
Professional background:
Trained at a British Film School and in the editing
rooms of the BBC, David has established himself since 1990 as a prolific
film maker in the Czech Republic. Working in film, video or non-linear cutting
rooms he has edited dozens of acclaimed projects ranging from full-length
feature films like The Poison Tasters (selected for the main competition
at the 1995 Cannes festival) to an international commercial promoting the
UN Special Forces
Recent editing credits include:
Knoflíkáři (Buttoners)
ČT 1997 Award winning feature film that seems set to become a cult classic.
Voices of the Children
Space Films, Prague/Pick Productions NY 1997 Hour long documentary about
how the experiences of concentration camp survivors affect their lives today.
Mňága - Happy End
Bonton Films/ČT 1996 60mins Acclaimed fictionalised documentary
The Poison Eaters Basilik
Productions 1995 110mins Arresting story of two Americans trapped in wartime
Poland and their descent into maddness. Edited on 35mm film.
Czech Women
Space Films, Prague/Pick Productions NY 1994 80mins Documentary about the
impact of the Velvet revolution on a range of Czech women. Edited on 16mm
film.
Oko: Foreigners in their own country
Febio/ČT 1994-5 20mins Contraversial documentary that proved influential
in changing the Czech citizenship law.
After the Velvet Revolution
Space Films, Prague/ WGBH Boston 1993 60mins Documentary tracing the impact
of the changes of 1989
Other professional credits include:
The Jewish Journey
ČT 1998 DIRECTOR Hour long documentary about Holocaust tourism.
Pupils and Masters, Musical Youth
and Let Yourself Go
ČT 1996-7, DIRECTOR Three half hour musical documentaries.
The Price is Right
Penadur Productions/Channel 4 1993 Drama about property restitution and
intrigue in contemporary Bohemia.
Impulse
BBC 1990 10 mins Surrealistic short WRITER/PRODUCER
The Great Composers : Mozart, Mahler and Wagner
BBC /WGBH Major new classical music series PRODUCTION MANAGER
Music of Terezin
BBC/ČT 1993 56mins Acclaimed documentary about the musical life of the Czech
concentration camp. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Prague: City Where Time Stood Still
BBC 1993 Documentary with Prince Charles about restoration of historic buildings
in Prague. PRODUCTION MANAGER
Writing on the line: Milena Jesenska
Channel4 50mins 1991 Drama documentary about the remarkable Czech journalist.
RESEARCHER/PRODUCTION MANAGER
