Antonín Máša Explained

Antonín Máša
Birth Date:	22 July 1935
Birth Place:	Višňová, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Death Place:	Příbram, Czech Republic
Occupation:	Film director Screenwriter
Yearsactive:	1960-1990

Antonín Máša (22 July 1935  - 4 October 2001) was a Czech film director and screenwriter.^[1] His movie Hotel for Strangers competed in Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Life

Máša was born in Višňová on 22 July 1935. He was a childhood friend with Pavel Juráček. They both went to study screenwriting at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Filmography

As screenwriter

• A Place in the Group (1964)
• Courage for Every Day (1965)
• Holiday for a Dog (1980)
• What’s the Matter With You, Doctor? (1984)

As director

• Searching (1965)
• Hotel for Strangers (1967)
• Looking Back (1968)
• Rodeo (1972)
• Proč nevěřit na zázraky (1977)
• Silence of the Larks (1989)
• Were We Really Like This? (1990)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Antonín Máša . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze . 10 April 2019.
2. Web site: Antonín Máša. Filmový přehled. NFA. 7 March 2020.