Petr Weigl (16 March 1939 – 14 July 2018)[1] was a Czech director and playwright.
Petr Weigl | |
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 Petr Weigl, 2011 | |
| Born | 16 March 1939 |
| Died | 14 July 2018 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1961–2018 |
| Website | petrweigl.cz |
Biography
In 1961 he graduated from the Prague Film School and the Academy of Performing Arts Television. He worked in the cinema, on television (1961-1976), at the National Theatre (Narodni divadlo, 1976–1991). He created a number of short and feature films for the Czech and Slovak Television, as well as for German public channels ARD and ZDF, British channels BBC and Channel 4.[2] He was twice nominated for the Emmy Award.[3]
He worked in the theaters of Paris and Munich. A major success was the production of Richard Strauss's opera Salome in the Deutsche Oper in Berlin.[4]
Works
- 1967 Bolero (TV)
- 1967 Osamělost (TV)
- 1967 Pas de quatre (TV)
- 1968 Svět je báječné místo k narození (TV)
- 1969 Bludiště moci (TV)
- 1970 Radúz a Mahulena
- 1971 Romeo a Julie (TV)
- 1972 Dva bratři (TV)
- 1972 Faust a Markéta
- 1973 Apollón a múzy / Apollon Musagétes
- 1973 Margita a Besná (TV)
- 1974 Čarodějná láska / El amor brujo
- 1977 Vzkříšení / Vzkrisenie (TV)
- 1977: Rusalka (Dvorak)[5]
- 1979 Poetické úvahy ve volných chvílích / Poetische Betrachtungen in freien Stunden (TV)
- 1980 Nerozumný génius / Der Wahnwitzige Genius
- 1982 Pod koly osudu / The Turn of the Screw (TV)
- 1983 Zuzana Vojířová (TV)
- 1984 Achilles (TV)
- 1984 Utrpení svatého Šebestiána / Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien
- 1985 Olověná noc / Die Nacht aus Blei (TV)
- 1986 Werther (TV)
- 1987 Paví pírko / Die Pfauenfeder (TV)
- 1988 Marie Stuartovna / Maria Stuarda (TV)
- 1988 Evžen Oněgin (TV)
- 1990 Dumky (TV)
- 1990 Romeo a Julie na vsi / A Village Romeo and Juliet (TV)
- 1992 Lady Macbeth Mcenského újezdu / Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (TV)
- 1993 Zimní cesta / Die Winterreise (TV)
- 1996 Jak se dělá opera / Let's Make an Opera (TV)
References
External links
- Petr Weigl at IMDb
- Petr Weigl v archivu ND