Jana Boková

Jana Boková is a Czech film director.

Boková was born in Prague, but left Czechoslovakia in August 1968 to attend a conference of art students in Austria, then emigrated to Paris, France to study at the Sorbonne. She then lived in the United States where she worked as a photographer for Rolling Stone and other magazines.[1] She then lived in the United Kingdom for many years, studying at the National Film and Television School, and producing documentary films for British television.[2]

She wrote and directed the 1986 drama film Hôtel du Paradis, which was shown out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987.[3]

In 2001, Boková was approached by musician Eric Clapton to direct a music video, but ended up filming a feature-length documentary film called Eric Clapton and Friends which covered Clapton's band's rehearsals and preparations for a world tour.[4]

In 2003, the Cinémathèque Française hosted a complete retrospective of Boková's work.[1]

Her most recent film, Bye Bye Shanghai (2008), examines the concept of "exile" as it relates to Czech émigrés including herself.[1]

Boková currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jana Boková / Czech Republic, Doc Alliance Films.
  2. ↑ Rencontre avec la réalisatrice Jana Bokova, Cinéma Le Clef, 11 October 2000. (in French)
  3. ↑ HOTEL DU PARADIS, Festival de Cannes, 1987.
  4. ↑ Nesselson, Lisa: Eric Clapton and Friends, Variety, 7 November 2002.


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