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Tereza Nvotová

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Tereza Nvotova
Nvotová in 2009
Born (1988-01-22) 22 January 1988 (age 37)
Trnava, Czechoslovakia
OccupationDirector
Years active2007–present

Tereza Nvotová (born 22 January 1988) is a Slovak director, screenwriter and actress. She is known for films such as Nightsiren (2022), Filthy [cs] (2017) and the documentary The Lust For Power [cs] (2017).

Biography

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Nvotová was born in Trnava.[1] She is the daughter of director Juraj Nvota and actress Anna Šišková. Her sister, Dorota Nvotová, is also an actress.[2] Her husband is American actor Jacob Pitts.[3] She studied at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU).[1] Nvotová had an acting part in the 2014 Karel Janák film 10 Rules.[4]

Career as director

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Nvotová's first feature Filthy [cs] was released in 2017 and won more than 20 awards at festivals worldwide, including Czech Film Critics Award for the best film,[5] and Czech Film Academy Award for the best editing. As a documentarian, she confronted corruption and politics in her HBO documentary The Lust For Power [cs], which was released the same year,[1] and was awarded the Trilobit Award from the Czech Film and Television Union.[5]

In 2020 she made a short for Czech Television "New York City in the Time of COVID-19".[6]

With her sophomore feature Nightsiren (2022), she won a Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival and Silver Melies at Sitges Film Festival.[5][7]

Nvotová teaches students of direction at Prague film school FAMU. She is represented by UTA and 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.[8]

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.[9][10]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mečiar. Režisérka Nvotová natočila dokument o svém dětském hrdinovi". Czech Radio (in Czech). 12 October 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Tereza Nvotová: Ta nejistota za to stojí…můžu si dělat, co chci!". femina.cz (in Czech). 8 April 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Tereza Nvotová: Oběti znásilnění často raději mlčí, aby nevypadaly jako hysterické feministky". iprima.cz (in Czech). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  4. ^ Spáčilová, Mirka (16 March 2014). "RECENZE: Lexa z Comebacku by uhrál víc než krotké Přátele po italsku". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "Slovak-Czech film Nightsiren wins prize in Locarno". Radio Prague. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  6. ^ Tizard, Will (28 October 2020). "Slovak Documentarian Tereza Nvotova on 'New York City in the Time of COVID-19'". Variety. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Film Světlonoc Terezy Nvotové dostal cenu ve Španělsku". Radio Prague (in Czech). 17 October 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  8. ^ "30 TALENTOVANÝCH SLOVÁKOV POD 30 ROKOV". Forbes (in Slovak). n.d. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018.
  9. ^ Roxborough, Scott (19 March 2024). "Slovakian Political Drama 'Our People' Wins Series Mania Pitching Session". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  10. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (22 March 2024). "Tereza Nvotová and Miro Šifra • Director and Screenwriters of Our People". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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