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Home/People/Michaela Pavlátová
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Born
Feb 27, 1961
Age 65
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

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TV Shows
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Directed
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Michaela Pavlátová

Directing

Biography
Michaela Pavlátová (born 27 February 1961) is a Czech animator, film director, and teacher. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Words, Words, Words (1991) and won the Short Film Golden Bear for Repete (1995). As a feminist experimental animator, Michaela's work explores themes of sex, gender, philosophy, and relationality. Beyond her independent work, she worked as the art director for Wildbrain Inc. She currently teaches animation at Prague's Academy of Performing Arts, film, and TV School. Michaela has also taught at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague, the Academy of Art College, the Computer Arts Institute in San Francisco, and at Harvard University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michaela Pavlátová, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Fair Play

as Mother of Tomas
2014
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Seducer

as Assistant
2002
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Prague Stories

as Postal Clerk (segment "Absolutní láska")
1999
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Buttoners

Cast
1997
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Pražská 5

as Trousers Dancer (segment "Barvy")
1989