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Born 1967 (age 58) · Opava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Appears in 19 titles

Bohdan Sláma (born 29 May 1967 in Opava) is a Czech film director. He studied at the Czech Technical University (ČVUT) and completed his studies in feature film direction at Prague’s FAMU in 1997 with his graduate film White Acacias (1996). His feature debut The Wild Bees (2001) drew on the poetic style of the 1960s Czechoslovak New Wave and won numerous awards at international film festivals (e.g. Tiger Award at Rotterdam and SKYY prize at San Francisco). Representing the Czech Republic, the film competed for an Oscar nomination and the European Film Award. The similarly atmospheric film Something Like Happiness (2005) took away seven Czech Lions and Best Film at San Sebastián. Further accolades followed for Country Teacher (2008), which won two Czech Lions, and Four Suns (2012), which competed at Sundance. Sláma has also shot several episodes of the series Blaník Office. He heads the department of film direction at FAMU.

Filmography

Something Like Happiness
6.3
Something Like Happiness
2005
Director
The Country Teacher
5.6
The Country Teacher
2008
Director
Ice Mother
4.2
Ice Mother
2017
Director
The Wild Bees
5.7
The Wild Bees
2001
Director
Four Suns
4.0
Four Suns
2012
Director
Shadow Country
6.5
Shadow Country
2020
Director
Radhošť
5.6
Radhošť
2002
Director
The End of the World
6.2
The End of the World
2024
Director
Dry Season
6.0
Dry Season
2024
Director
9.0
Akáty bílé
1997
Director
Zahrádka ráje
1997
Director
Svejk
Director