Tereza Nvotová

Tereza Nvotová (born 22 January 1988) is a Slovak director, screenwriter and actress. She is known for films such as Father (2025, premiered in Venice Film Festival), Nightsiren (2022, winner of Golden Leopard at Locarno), and the documentary (2017).

Biography Nvotová was born in Trnava. She is the daughter of director Juraj Nvota and actress Anna Šišková. Her sister, Dorota Nvotová. Her husband is American actor Jacob Pitts. She studied at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) where she now teaches directing.

Her first feature was released in 2017 and won more than 20 awards at festivals worldwide, including Czech Film Critics Award for the best film, and Czech Film Academy Award for the best editing. As a documentarian, she confronted corruption and politics in her HBO documentary , which was released the same year,

Nvotová teaches students of direction at Prague film school FAMU.

She is represented by UTA, Independent Talent Group and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

She lives in Prague and New York. In 2018, Forbes magazine had also ranked Tereza Nvotova among the 30 most influential people under 30 in Slovakia.

Nvotová directed and co-wrote the TV series Our People with Miro Šifra. The show won the development prize at the 2024 Series Mania Forum Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.

Selected filmography Take it Jeasy (2008) 10 Rules (2014) (2017) (2017) Nightsiren (2022) Father (2025) Our People TV series (in production)

Accolades Award / Festival Date of ceremony Category Work Result Stockholm International Film Festival 14 November 2025 Bronze Horse Best Film Father Best Screenplay