He was born in 1956 and is married with four children. He graduated from the Film and Television College (FAMU) of Prague in 1985. He worked as a cameraman and director for the Czech Television in 1985–1992. He has been specializing in documentary films (on the Mongolia, Yemen, Japan, the United States, and the Czech historical personalities of J. A. Komenský and František Palacký). He is an independent film producer since 1992. He has been involved as a co-author and co-producer in over 300 film and television shows.
Czech Republic