Eduard Grečner
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- September 21, 1931
- Place of birth
- Kopčany, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]
Biography
Eduard Grečner (1931, Czechoslovakia) is a director and writer, known for his feature debut Every Week Seven Days (1964), Nylon Moon (1965) and Dragon’s Return (1968). From 1950-1954 he studied at FAMU in Prague. Subsequently, he started working as a playwright, screenwriter and director in the Studia Film Studio at Koliba in Bratislava. He was an assistant director to Štefan Uher on his seminal Slnko v sieti (1963), the first work of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Grečner also acted in several films and made many television films. In the late 1980s, he was the first to chair the Slovak Film Association. In the 1990s, he returned briefly to directing and made two films. In 2018, a monograph about him – written by the Czech film scientist Milan Cyroň – was published.
Movies with Eduard Grečner
- The Boxer and Death 1963 · ★ 6.8
- The Barnabáš Kos Case 1965 · ★ 7.0
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel 2018 · ★ 6.5
- Válek 2018 · ★ 1.0
- Jánošík (Vykrádaný superhrdina) 2010
- The Truth Is All There Is 2023
- Martin Slivka: The Man Who Planted Trees 2007
Movies directed by Eduard Grečner
- Dragon's Return 1968 · ★ 7.3
- Nylon Moon 1966 · ★ 8.5
- Earthly Disturbance 1993 · ★ 6.5
- Every Week Seven Days 1964 · ★ 10.0
- Jaškov sen 1996 · ★ 10.0
- Príbelská vzbura Janka Kráľa 1978
- Mŕtve oči 1972