Petr Weigl
Petr Weigl (16 March 1939 – 14 July 2018)[1] was a Czech director and playwright.[2]
Biography
In 1961 he graduated from the Prague Film School and the Academy of Performing Arts Television. He worked in the cinema, on television (1961-1976), at the National Theatre (Narodni divadlo, 1976-1991). He created a number of short and feature films for the Czech and Slovak Television, as well as for German public channel ARD and ZDF, British channels BBC and Channel 4.[3] He was twice nominated for the Emmy Award.[4]
He worked in the theaters of Paris and Munich. A major success was the production of Richard Strauss's opera Salome in the Deutsche Oper in Berlin.[5]
References
- ^ Zemřel režisér Petr Weigl, tvůrce Radúze a Mahuleny či Rusalky (in Czech)
- ^ Cenu Vladislava Vančury převzal Petr Weigl, 26. 1. 2008, Týden.cz
- ^ Fascinace hudbou a filmem - Petr Weigl, Česká televize
- ^ "Petr Weigl". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ Cenu Vladislava Vančury převzal Petr Weigl, 26. 1. 2008, Týden.cz
External links
- Petr Weigl at IMDb
- Petr Weigl v archivu ND
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