Biography
Jan Foukal (b. 1979, Prague) graduated in documentary filmmaking from Prague's Film Academy (FAMU). He is an external member of the Vosto5 theater troupe. In 2013 he took the pseudonym Johannes Benz to present the audiovisual road movie Song of the Open Road, inspired by Walt Whitman. In 2014 he released his debut album One Way Road in collaboration with Supraphon records. He is cofounder of the Tranzistor label and the initiator of the "Cinema Open" movement, which has been engaged in reclaiming closed movie theaters in the Czech Republic since 2009. He shot the short documentaries Hello Babu (2006), Egon Bondy's Last Lecture (2009) and The Making Of (2011), and filled supporting roles in Jitka Rudolfová's films Dreamers (2009) and Delight (2013). The documentary Amerika is his feature-length directorial debut.
50. MFF Karlovy Vary
Actor
Movies | |
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2022 |
The Last Race |
2013 |
Delight |
2009 |
Zoufalci |
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Homies |
2015 |
Amerika |
Director
Movies | |
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2021 |
Two Ships |
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
Islandská čítanka (series) |
2022 |
Homies |
2015 |
Amerika |
2014 |
Příběhy neobyčejné energie (series) |
2011 |
The Making Of |
2009 |
Egon Bondy´s last lecture (student film) |
2006 |
Hello Babu (student film) |
Music videos | |
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2013 |
Jana Vaculíková: Básnířka |
Jana Vaculíková: Návraty |
Screenwriter
Cinematographer
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Homies |
Editor
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
Creature of the Sun (student film) |
2022 |
Homies |
Composer
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Homies |
Producer
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Homies |
Performer
Shows | |
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2019 |
Dokumentární radost z Jihlavy 2019 - moderator |
2018 |
Dokumentární radost z Jihlavy 2018 - moderator |