Hynek Bočan
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Czech filmmaker Hynek Bocan largely eschewed the conventions of his
country's New Wave cinema in favor of making well-crafted, traditional
literary adaptations. A graduate of his native Prague's prestigious
FAMU in 1961, Bocan started out assisting such filmmakers as Karel
Kachyna, Jan Nemec, and Jiri Weiss. In 1969, Bocan was forced by his
government to stop the shooting of his third film on political grounds.
Banned from making features, Bocan then turned to television. In 1974,
the Czech authorities allowed him to return to filmmaking.
