Listopad Film

	BIOS
	CZ Version
		GARY KEITH GRIFFIN: Writer, Co-Director, Cinematographer Griffin is an award winning cinematographer whose work includes Educating Peter (Academy Award 1992), Autism is a World (Academy Award nominee 2005), The Education of Shelby Knox (Sundance Cinematographer Award, 2005) Shut Up and Sing (Toronto Film Festival 2006) and Fighter (2001). LISTOPAD is based upon Griffin's first-hand experiences as a director/cameraman during the 'Velvet Revolution' in 1989. He holds an MFA from Prague's FAMU Film Academy of Performing Arts and is an Artist in Residence at the American University in Washington, D.C.
		JOSEF LUSTIG: Co-Director Josef Lustig has collaborated on several films with Griffin in the Czech and Slovak Republics including Come Brother We Go To America, The Death of Ales Martinu, The Poets Stole the Nomads Shoes and The Immortal Balladier. Dr. Lustig holds a PhD from FAMU and Masters Degrees from New York University and American University. (picture: Josef Lustig, right and Karel Kasal, left)
		ARNOST LUSTIG: Screenwriter Lustig is an acclaimed Czech author (A Prayer For Katerina Horowitzowa, Dita Saxova, Night and Hope, and Lovely Green Eyes) and emeritus professor of literature at American University. His writings and the classic Czech films adapted from them have informed an international audience about the horrors of evil and what people will do to survive. Lustig's awards and honors include a nomination of the National Book Award (1974), the Franz Kafka Prize (2008), and a nomination for the Man Booker prize (2009). He previously worked with Griffin on the film Fighter. (picture: Arnost Lustig, right and Gary Griffin, left)
		ONDREJ RUDAVSKY: Animation Director Ondrej Rudavsky is a director/animator whose work has screened at the Museum of Modern Art, Sundance Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Slamdance, and many others. Well known as a music video director, Rudavsky works with artists such as Moby, Dead Can Dance, and Los Lobos. In 1997 Rudavsky represented the Slovak Republic at the Venice Biennial with the video installation Connections. Rudavsky is currently experimenting with video sculptures, sound art, and 3D projections.
		KAREL KASAL JR: Producer Charlie grew up in Canada and after graduating from the University of Manitoba he spent several years in Ottawa where his work was centered around Parliament Hill, including an assignment as a cabinet ministerial assistant consulting on media affairs. After working in Europe and former communist Czechoslovakia with a Canadian multi national company, he returned to Canada and opened an advertising agency. In 1990 he moved to Czechoslovakia and established a production company and produced several very successful television programs. In 2001 he became the owner and operator of a "Classic Rock" radio station in the Czech Republic. Radio Beat became an overnight sensation, and is now part of the Czech medial cultural scene.
		JEFFERY BROWN: Producer Jeffrey Brown has produced internationally award-winning feature films and documentaries including The Myth, Durban Poison, Rexpatriots, The Call of Dudy, and Punk In Africa. His recent feature film work includes Shut Up and Shoot Me (Best Film 2007 AFI-Dallas), Mamas and Papas by Alice Nellis and Kuky se vraci by Jan Sverak. A native of Texas, Brown has lived in the Czech Republic for nearly 20 years and works regularly with UFO Films in Prague.
		MIKULAS NOVOTNY: Production Manager Mikulas Novotny was born in Prague in 1985. He studied Theory of Interactive Media at Masaryk University in Brno and is currently in his third year at FAMU, studying in the producing department. Mikulas has worked as a line producer on films by art-documentarist Karel Vachek and on fiction-films by director Robert Sedlacek. He also is part of the Prague Qudrennial team (International Scenofest project coordinator for 2007 and 2011) and he was the 2009 producer for "Famufest".
		JEFF REICHERT, Producer, Kuzelink Productions Reichert recently served as Senior Vice President of Magnolia Pictures where he has developed release campaigns for some of the most theatrically successful documentaries in recent years including the Academy Award-nominees Capturing the Friedmans, Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room, Jesus Camp and No End in Sight, and the Academy Award-winning Man on Wire among many other fiction and non-fiction features. He is the co-founder and editor of the popular online film journal Reverse Shot, which maintains a following of independent film connoisseurs. Jeff is currently directing the feature documentary Gerrymandering.
		PETR CIKHART: Story Consultant Petr Cikhart covered the war in Chechnya for Czech TV, where he was arrested and held hostage for two days by Russian soldiers. Since then, Cikhart has continued to work as a high-adventure Director of Photography. He has traveled to over 60 countries on all continents for a variety of programs, including CBS's Emmy wining Amazing Race, National Geographic's Be the Creature and Crisis Zone: Doctors Without Borders. His feature-length documentary work includes Farmingville (Jury Prize, Sundance 2004), Gangs: Escaping the Life (Showtime), and Blindsight (Toronto Film Festival).
		ONDRA STURMA: Story Consultant Ondra Sturma works as a journalist and feature writer for Lidove Noviny, one of the largest newspapers in the Czech Republic. After the events of 1989, Sturma embarked on a career as a music producer, managing and promoting Czech bands and musical groups around the world.
		JIRI SUCHANEK: Story Consultant Jiri Suchanek worked for many years as a sound engineer and sound designer for Czech Radio and the BBC World Service in Prague. He now runs his own successful audio post-production facility for film and television. He has collaborated with Griffin and Cikhart as a field audio engineer for many of their projects, including The Education of Shelby Knox, The Diaries of Victor Klemperer and The Stories Exchange Project.