Juraj Jakubisko

Juraj Jakubisko (30 April 1938 – 24 February 2023) was a Slovak film director. He directed fifteen feature films, between 1967 and 2008. He often took on the dual role of cinematographer in his films, as well as writing or co-writing the scripts. In 2000 he was named the Best Slovak Director of the 20th century by film critics and journalists. and worked for a television company in Košice. In 1960 he moved to Prague where he attended the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU), studying film direction under Václav Wasserman.

In 2013 Jakubisko published the first part of his autobiography, Živé stříbro.

Jakubisko was working on a fairy tale, a sequel of The Feather Fairy. The film was scheduled for a theatrical release in winter 2022.

Jakubisko died in Prague on 24 February 2023, aged 84.

Filmography Last attack ("Poslední nálet", 1960) Every day has a name ("Každý den má své jméno", 1960) Silver Wind ("Strieborný vietor", 1961) First Class ("První třída", 1962) Silence ("Mlčení", 1963) Rain ("Déšť", 1965) Waiting for Godot ("Čekají na Godota", 1965) Crucial Years ("Kristove roky", 1967); aka Christ's Years The Deserters and the Nomads ("Zbehovia a pútnici", 1968); aka Deserters and Pilgrims Birds, Orphans and Fools ("Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni", 1969) The Construction of the Century ("Stavba storočia", 1972); documentary Slovakia – a country under the Tatras ("Slovensko - krajina pod Tatrami", 1975); TV documentary The Red Cross drummer ("Bubeník Červeného kríža", 1977); documentary Three bags of cement and a live rooster ("Tri vrecia cementu a živý kohút", 1978); documentary Painted on Wood ("Mal’ované na dreve", 1979); TV fantasy for children Build a House, Plant a Tree ("Postav dom, zasaď strom", 1980) Infidelity, Slovak Style ("Nevera po slovensky", 1981); two-part TV miniseries The Millennial Bee ("Tisícročná včela", 1983) The Feather Fairy ("Perinbaba", 1985) Freckled Max and the Spooks ("Pehatý Max a strašidlá", 1987) Frankenstein's Aunt ("Frankensteinova teta", 1987); TV miniseries Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself ("Sedím na konári a je mi dobre", 1989) See You in Hell, Friends ("Dovidenia v pekle, priatelia", 1970, released 1990) Almost a Pink story ("Takmer ružový príbeh", 1990); for TV 2000 Wiesbaden, Germany It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill (1992) An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World ("Nejasná zpráva o konci světa", 1997) Post Coitum (2004) Bathory (2008) Perinbaba: Two Realms (2023)

Awards Jakubisko has been awarded at more than eighty international film festivals.

Awards for specific films Year Film Festival/Awarding Body Location Award(s) 1984 The Millennial Bee 22nd Festival of Czechoslovak Film Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia • Grand Prize 4th Sevilla Film Festival Sevilla, Spain • Grand Prize FEST Belgrade Belgrade, Yugoslavia • UNICEF Prize 40th Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy • Golden Phoenix for Best Art Direction and Cinematography • Czechoslovak Journalists’ Prize 1985 The Feather Fairy 41st Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy • Catholic Prize 1986 The Feather Fairy Gijón International Film Festival Gijón, Spain • Jury Prize for Best Special Effects 42nd Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy • Certificate of Merit RAI II Belgrade Film Festival Belgrade, Yugoslavia • Audience Prize for Best Film 4th Film Festival for yought Lyon Lyon, France • Young Audience Member's Prize for Best Film 24th Festival of Czechoslovak Film Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia • Prize for Art production Zlín Film Festival Zlín, Czechoslovakia • Special Jury Prize Bratislava, Slovakia • Slovak Film Medal 1987 The Feather Fairy International Film Festival Rimouski Rimouski, Quebec • Grand Prize Camerio 1st International Film Festival for Children Buenos Aires, Argentina • Grand Prize 1989 Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy • Certificate of Merit RAI II 1990 Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself Strasbourg Film Festival Strasbourg, France • Le Prix du Jury• Alsace Media de Strasbourg Prize Festival of Czechoslovak Film Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia • Special Jury Prize Moscow International Film Festival Moscow, Soviet Union • Grand Prize 1993 It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill 9th Festroia International Film Festival Setúbal, Portugal • Grand prize (Golden Dolphin) 1997 An ambiguous report about the end of the world Flaiano Prizes Pescara, Italy • Best Director• Golden Dolphin 1998 An ambiguous report about the end of the world Slovak Literary Fund • Special prize for Direction San Diego Film Festival San Diego, United States • Prize for Best Direction Montreal World Film Festival Montreal, Canada • Prize for the Greatest Artistic Contribution and Cinematography of the Year Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival Taos, United States • Prize for visual contribution in cinematography 1999 Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself Cran Gavier '99 France • Best film 2001 Wild Flowers Czech Lion Awards 2000 Czech Republic • Best film poster 2009 Bathory Art Film Fest Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia • Igric Award (Award for the Artistic Design of the Film) Czech Lion Awards 2008 Czech Republic • Best artistic asset of the year• Best artist and artistic concept 2010 Bathory Sun in a Net Awards Slovakia • Best artistic design Monaco Charity Film Fest Monaco • Best Artistic achievement

Other recognition Year Awarding Body Location Award 1991 AFI Fest Los Angeles, United States • Tribute award 1998 Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival Taos, United States • Maverick Award For Vision in Film 21st Denver Film Festival Denver, United States • Outstanding achievement In the Art of Film Czech Literary Fund Czech Republic • Best director of the year 2000 Yugoslavian Cinematheque Belgrade, Serbia • Golden Seal for Major Contribution To The Advancement Of Art In Film 2001 Masaryk Academy Of The Arts Prague, Czech Republic • Lifetime Achievement Award 2002 10th Art Film Fest Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia • Golden Camera award for outstanding achievements in cinematography and lifetime artistic contributions to Slovak Cinema 2003 Government of Slovakia • Pribina Cross, Second Class Czech Lion Awards 2002 Czech Republic • Personal award for outstanding achievements in cinematography and lifetime artistic contributions to Czech Cinema 2008 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic • Special Crystal Globe for outstanding achievements in cinematography and lifetime artistic contributions to World Cinema 2009 Associazione Culturale Premio Elsa Morante Portugal • Premia Elsa Morante, Cinematography award 2012 Gijón International Film Festival Gijón, Spain • Personal award for outstanding achievements in cinematography and lifetime artistic contributions to world Cinema

Theatre Casanova (1995) ballet, Laterna Magica, Prague, Czech Republic Krútňava (1999) opera, Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava, Slovakia Svätopluk (2008) opera, Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava, Slovakia

Exhibitions Paris (2000), France Berlin (2004), Germany, Italy (2004) Prague (2004, 2005), Czech Republic Miro Gallery, Bratislava (2009), Slovakia Presidential palace, Bratislava (2009), Slovakia 6 exhibitions (2010), Czech Republic