Ľubo Kocka

Lubomir Kocka, Film and Television director, was born in Zilina, Slovakia. He graduated from the College of Muse and Dramatic Arts - Department of Film and Television, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia and earned the degree of Master of Arts. The school along with the famous Film Academy FAMU in Prague, Czech Republic, educates highly professional filmmakers. He is an award-winning director with more than 30 years of directing experience. His experience relates first and foremost to what he has accomplished in Slovakia, former Czechoslovakia. He has directed 9 fictional feature films, 13 television dramas, 7 feature TV-series and mini TV-series, and 6 documentaries. He is also an author and co-author of several feature-length screenplays from which feature films are based. His productions have been aired globally. In addition to his numerous directing credits he is also an acclaimed film educator with twenty-five years of teaching experience. Currently, he is based in Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A., at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) as a Professor of Film and Television, School of Film, Digital Media, and Performing Arts.

His most significant accomplishments are: Producer of "The Lunch Box," the winner in the narrative category for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 37th Annual Student Academy Awards competition (2010); The Best Director Award for TV Miniseries "The Goblin"; National Film Award for Best Feature Film "Aphrodite" at Der Augsburger Kinderfilmdrache International Film Festival, Germany. The Best Director Award for the film "How Julia Saved the Riddle Kingdom"; director of "Aphrodite," awarded by The Prize of Children Jury for the film; director of many films chosen to be part of the official selections at international film and television festivals including: Cannes, France; Monte Carlo, Monaco; Prix Italia; Reims, France; Golden Chest Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Varna, Bulgaria; Munich, Germany; Prix Danube Bratislava, Slovakia.

He became a U.S. citizen in 2012.