Miloslav Šmídmajer; born 5. September 1959; Litoměřice, Czech Republic.
After his graduation, Miloslav Šmídmajer started working for Czech Television for which he shot his very first documentary Hold on to the Dream (a film about Miloš Forman from 1990). After this debut, many other famous personas “starred” in front of the lens of his documentary camera: Miloslav Ondříček, Theodor Pištěk, Saul Zaentz, Jiří Menzel, Jan Hammer, Luciano Pavarotti, Magdalena Kožená, Nazareth… In 2003, Miloslav Šmídmajer founded the company Bio Illusion which concentrates on film production and film distribution. He produced a long list of films and most of them became box-office hits in the Czech Republic (ranked in the Czech TOP 10 of films with the highest attendance). The animated film In the Attic directed by Jiří Bárta received prestigious awards at film festivals in e.g. Tokyo, New York or Bilbao. The film was also released in cinemas all over the world including countries such as USA, France or Japan. As a producer, Miloslav Šmídmajer cooperates with many acclaimed Czech actors and directors (Miloš Forman, Jiří Barta, Marie Poledňáková etc.). In 2009, Miloslav Šmídmajer directed his first feature film – the fairy tale Hell with Princess.
He also produced continuation of the commedy The Poets Never Lose Hope, then family comedy Taming Crocodile, The Wedding on the Battlefield, document Milos Forman: What Doesn’t Kill you..., mini series Family and brand new family and teenager’s comedy Waking Up Yesturday.
This year, Miloslav Šmídmajer is finishing fairy tale Lucky Four: Serving the King. For next year is planned to finish romantic feature film Bella Mia. He established himself as a feature-film director in 2009 with the fairy tale Hell with Princess (Audience Award at the Zlín IFF; ranked 8th in the Czech TOP 10 of movies with the highest attendance). He is also working on another film project called Love in Blue which is a romantic comedy based on a screenplay written by Jaroslav Papoušek (Miloš Forman’s most important screenplay writer during his “Czech” film-making era). For next year is planned new document relase about the legendary rock band Nazareth – i.e. Nazareth: Until We Drop.
After his graduation, Miloslav Šmídmajer started working for Czech Television for which he shot his very first documentary Hold on to the Dream (a film about Miloš Forman from 1990). After this debut, many other famous personas “starred” in front of the lens of his documentary camera: Miloslav Ondříček, Theodor Pištěk, Saul Zaentz, Jiří Menzel, Jan Hammer, Luciano Pavarotti, Magdalena Kožená, Nazareth… In 2003, Miloslav Šmídmajer founded the company Bio Illusion which concentrates on film production and film distribution. He produced a long list of films and most of them became box-office hits in the Czech Republic (ranked in the Czech TOP 10 of films with the highest attendance). The animated film In the Attic directed by Jiří Bárta received prestigious awards at film festivals in e.g. Tokyo, New York or Bilbao. The film was also released in cinemas all over the world including countries such as USA, France or Japan. As a producer, Miloslav Šmídmajer cooperates with many acclaimed Czech actors and directors (Miloš Forman, Jiří Barta, Marie Poledňáková etc.). In 2009, Miloslav Šmídmajer directed his first feature film – the fairy tale Hell with Princess.
He also produced continuation of the commedy The Poets Never Lose Hope, then family comedy Taming Crocodile, The Wedding on the Battlefield, document Milos Forman: What Doesn’t Kill you..., mini series Family and brand new family and teenager’s comedy Waking Up Yesturday.
This year, Miloslav Šmídmajer is finishing fairy tale Lucky Four: Serving the King. For next year is planned to finish romantic feature film Bella Mia. He established himself as a feature-film director in 2009 with the fairy tale Hell with Princess (Audience Award at the Zlín IFF; ranked 8th in the Czech TOP 10 of movies with the highest attendance). He is also working on another film project called Love in Blue which is a romantic comedy based on a screenplay written by Jaroslav Papoušek (Miloš Forman’s most important screenplay writer during his “Czech” film-making era). For next year is planned new document relase about the legendary rock band Nazareth – i.e. Nazareth: Until We Drop.