Petr Zelenka

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This article is about Czech writer and director. For serial murderer, see Petr Zelenka (1976).

The Czech writer and director Petr Zelenka (born August 21, 1967) is known for his black comedy Tales of Common Insanity (Czech: Příběhy obyčejného šílenství), which he personally directed at Dejvické divadlo. He received Alfréd Radok Award for Best Play. The play was later staged in other Czech theatres as well as in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. It was also published in English and translated to Russian. In 2005 Zelenka made the comedy into a film, released as Wrong Side Up, which received less than stellar reviews. His second most notable play is Teremin, inspired by the life of Russian inventor Léon Theremin.

[edit] Selected films

• 2005 - Wrong Side Up (Příběhy obyčejného šílenství, screenplay and direction), received the Critics Award at the Moscow IFF and the Don Quijote Award at Cottbus
• 2002 – Year of the Devil (Rok ďábla, screenplay and direction), FIPRESCI Prize at the Cottbus IFF, six Czech Lion Awards including Best film and Best director, Prize Trieste at Trieste film festival
• 2000 – Loners (Samotáři, co-author of screenplay)
• 1997 – Buttoners (Knoflíkáři, screenplay and direction), winner of a Tiger award at the Rotterdam IFF
• 1996 – Mňága – Happy End (screenplay and direction), won several awards at the film festivals in Cottbus, Plzeň and České Budějovice [1]

[edit] External links

• Short bio plus info about Tales of Common Insanity at divadlo.cz (in English)
• Petr Zelenka at the Internet Movie Database