Václav Marhoul
Václav Marhoul
30.01.1960 (64 years) (Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic])
Václav Marhoul (born 30 January 1960 in Prague) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He studied at Prague's FAMU, graduating in 1984. He directed his first film Mazaný Filip, based on Raymond Chandler's books, in 2003. In 2008, his second film Tobruk was premiered. His next film The Painted Bird is based on Jerzy Kosiński's novel of the same title and will be premiered at 76th Venice International Film Festival. He also starred in several films such as Gympl (2007), Ulovit miliardáře (2009) and Cesta do lesa (2012).