Štefan Uher
| Štefan Uher | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 July 1930 Prievidza |
| Died |
29 March 1993 (aged 62) Bratislava |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1955-1989 |
Štefan Uher (4 Juli 1930 – 29 March 1993) was a Slovak film director, one of the founders of the "Czechoslovak New Wave".
He graduated from the FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts)[1] in Prague in 1955. Among his fellow students were future directors Martin Hollý Jr. and Peter Solan who also began to work at the Koliba film studios[2] (then called the Feature Film Studio and the Short Film Studio) in Bratislava after graduation.
Uher first worked in the short film division. The Sun in a Net was his second feature film. His first one was We from Study Group 9-A (My z deviatej A, 1962) about the life of a group of 15-year-old students and their school.
Uher followed The Sun in a Net by two more films with the same author-screenwriter Alfonz Bednár and cameraman − Stanislav Szomolányi, later professor of cinematography at the University of Performing Arts,[3] Bratislava: The Organ (Organ, 1964),[4] and Three Daughters (Tri dcéry, 1967).
The original music score in The Sun in a Net is by the composer Ilja Zeljenka, who also worked with Uher on We from Study Group 9-A, and went on to work with him on six more films.[5]
Uher's and Szomolányi's last film She Grazed Horses on Concrete (Pásla kone na betóne, 1982) has remained one of Slovakia's most popular domestic productions through the 2000s.[6] The film was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.[7]
Filmography
Director
- Ucitelka (1955)
- Stredoeurópský pohár (1955)
- Cesta nad oblaky (1955)
- Ludia pod Vihorlatom (1956)
- Tú krácajú tragédie (1957)
- Niekedy v novembri (1958)
- Lodníci bez mora (1958)
- Bolo raz priatelstvo (1958)
- Poznacení tmou (1959)
- Ocami kamery (1959)
- My z 9.A (1961)
- Slnko v sieti (1962) (The Sun in a Net)
- Varhany (1964)
- Organ (1965)
- Panna zázracnica (1966) (Miraculous Virgin)
- Tri dcéry (1967) (Three Daughters)
- Génius (1970)
- Keby som mal pusku (1971) (If I Had a Gun)
- Dolina (1973)
- Javor a Juliana (1973)
- Veľká noc a veľky den (1974)
- Studené podnebie (1974, TV)
- Keby som mal dievca (1976) (If I Had a Girl)
- Zlaté casy (1978) (Great Times)
- Penelopa (1978)
- Kamarátky (1979)
- "Moje kone vrané" (1980, TV mini-series)
- Kosenie jastrabej luky (1981) (Mowing of Hawk Meadow)
- Pásla kone na betóne (1982) (She Grazed Horses on Concrete, also translated A Ticket to the Heaven, Concrete Pastures, She Kept Asking for the Moon)
- Siesta veta (1986)
- Správca skanzenu (1988)
Writer
- Dolina (1973)
- Pásla kone na betóne (1982) (She Grazed Horses on Concrete, also translated A Ticket to the Heaven, Concrete Pastures, She Kept Asking for the Moon)
- Siesta veta (1986)
References
- ↑ FAMU
- ↑ Koliba
- ↑ VŠMU
- ↑ Peter Konečný, "Štefan Uher: The Organ (Organ), 1964."
- ↑ Votruba, Martin. "The Sun in a Net". Slovak Studies Program. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ↑ Votruba, Martin. "She Grazed Horses on Concrete". Slovak Studies Program. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ↑ "13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
External links
- Stefan Uher on IMDb
- Štefan Uher (dir., 1963) The Sun in a Net. Clip 1 ("A solar eclipse and lies scared the authorities.")
- Štefan Uher (dir., 1963) The Sun in a Net. Clip 2 ("Filmic transition and titillation.")
- Štefan Uher (dir., 1982) She Grazed Horses on Concrete. Clip 1 ("Crosscutting of love interests.")
- Štefan Uher (dir., 1982) She Grazed Horses on Concrete. Clip 2 ("Off-screen fighting.")