Robert Buchar

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Robert Buchar is an American filmmaker, director and producer. He graduated from the Czech Film Academy (FAMU) in Prague in 1975. He emigrated to the United States in 1980. He is now a professor and a director of a film program at Columbia College in Chicago.

He gained prominence from his documentary Velvet Hangover about the Czech New Wave - the Czech film industry before and after the Velvet Revolution.

He wrote an in-depth book "The Spotmeter and its application in cinematography and video" on proper metering techniques.

Now he is preparing another documentary on similar theme called The Great Deception.