Hynek Bočan

Director, Writer, Actor

April 29, 1938 (88 years)
Hynek Bočan (Born 29 April 1938) is a Czech film director and screenwriter. He started his studies at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague when he was 18 years old.

He started as an assistant director on movies Ninety Degrees in the Shade, Diamonds of the Night or Ikarie XB-1. His first movie was an adaptation of Milan Kundera's story Nobody Gets the Last Laugh in 1965. His movie Pasťák (1968) was banned and only released in 1990.

Known For

  • Voyage to the End of the Universe
    Voyage to the End of the Universe1963
  • Diamonds of the Night
    Diamonds of the Night1964
  • Give the Devil His Due
    Give the Devil His Due1985
  • 90 Degrees in the Shade
    90 Degrees in the Shade1965
  • Hospital at the End of the City Twenty Years On
    Hospital at the End of the City Twenty Years On1 season
  • Druhý dech
    Druhý dech1 season

Filmography

1997
Land Gone Wild · as Screenplay
1990
Pasták · as Screenplay
1987
Smích se lepí na paty · as Screenplay
1985
Give the Devil His Due · as Screenplay
1974
The Man from London · as Screenplay
1969
The Mystery of Conundrum · as Screenplay
1969
Honor and Glory · as Screenplay
1967
Private Torment · as Screenplay
1965
Nobody Will Laugh · as Screenplay

2008
2005
Všechnopárty · as Self
2004

1997
Zdivocelá zeme · as Story
1991
1965
90 Degrees in the Shade · as First Assistant Director
1964
Diamonds of the Night · as First Assistant Director
1963
Voyage to the End of the Universe · as First Assistant Director