Pavel Koutecký (June 10, 1956 – April 13, 2006) was a Czech documentary film director. Koutecký was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and graduated from FAMU in 1982. He died in an accidental fall from a tall building under construction in Prague while preparing a documentary about the risks taken by people who climb skyscrapers. In 1988 and 1991 he made study trips to the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield in England. From 1982 to 1989, he was employed at the ČVUT video studio, and from 1990 to 1998, at Kratký Film, Prague. He collaborates on a regular basis with the Association (formerly, the Foundation) of Film and Sociology. He has worked on a number of documentaries for the association, as well as long-term collection projects. His main focus is documentary filmmaking, but he has also experimented with animation. He has also worked on multimedia projects (Carousel Theatre, Theatre of Music). From 1991 on, he has taught at the Documentaries Department at FAMU, where he runs one of the creative workshops. His films and videos have received many awards at film festivals in the Czech Republic and abroad. He usually shoots in creative collaboration with the cameraman Stano Slušný. Filmography (selection): Dialogue; Maximalists in a Micro-world; Studies for an Electron Microscope; Oh, Do We Have it Good; The Destruction of Czechoslovakia in Parliament; The Hidden Face of Prague Castle; Sportsmen; Situation 1, 2 ?; Josip Plečnik - Architect of Prague Castle; Plečnik's Return to Prague; In Life; For Eternity; I Remember, You Remember ? Do You All Remember?; Icelandic Memory; Seeking a Foothold; Prague Castle Through the Ages.
Czech Republic