--- name: "Věra Chytilová" canonical: "https://film.one/person/vera-chytilova" fi1m_id: "vera-chytilova" imdb_id: "nm0161615" tmdb_id: 124137 wikidata_id: "Q235032" roles: ["Director"] born: "2 February 1929" died: "12 March 2014" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "director" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T16:08:50.085563+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Věra Chytilová ## Identity Věra Chytilová - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vera-chytilova - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** vera-chytilova - **IMDb ID:** nm0161615 - **TMDB ID:** 124137 - **Wikidata ID:** Q235032 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%9Bra_Chytilov%C3%A1, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235032, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124137 Director. Born 2 February 1929 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. Died 12 March 2014. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 2 February 1929, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia - **Died:** 12 March 2014 - **Also known as:** 베라 히틸로바, 베라 치틸로바, 维拉·希蒂洛娃 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%9Bra_Chytilov%C3%A1, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235032, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124137 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Daisies*](https://film.one/film/daisies.md) (85) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Věra Chytilová was a Czech film director. She was born on 2 February 1929 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, and died on 12 March 2014. She studied directing at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), graduating in 1962 after training under Otakar Vávra. Chytilová is known for *Daisies* (1966), on which she worked as director, screenwriter and story writer. The film was banned in Czechoslovakia after its release. She also directed *Fruit of Paradise* (1970). She was married to cinematographer Jaroslav Kučera, with whom she collaborated on several projects. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Daisies* (1966), Fi1m 85, Director, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/daisies.md) ## Complete filmography (39) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Naughty Young People: Chytilová, Kučera, Krumbachová* (2012), Actor - *Troublemakers* (2007), Director, Screenplay, Story - *Pleasant Moments* (2006), Director, Writer - *Searching for Ester* (2005), Director - *Trója v proměnách času* (2003), Screenplay, Director, Story - *Expulsion from Paradise* (2001), Director, Screenplay - *Flights and Falls* (2000), series, Story, Screenplay, Director - *Traps* (1998), Director, Story, Screenplay - *GENUS* (1995), series, Director, Writer - *Kam panenky...* (1993), Screenplay, Director, Story - *The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday* (1992), Director, Screenplay - *My Pragues Understand Me* (1991), Director, Screenplay, Story - *TGM the Liberator* (1990), Director, Story, Screenplay - *A Hoof Here, a Hoof There* (1989), Director, Screenplay - *The Jester and the Queen* (1988), Director, Story, Screenplay - *Wolf's Hole* (1987), Director, Screenplay - *Prague – The Restless Heart of Europe* (1985), Story, Director, Screenplay - *The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun* (1984), Director, Screenplay - *Calamity* (1982), Director, Screenplay - *Panelstory or Birth of a Community* (1981), Director, Screenplay, Story - *Chytilová Versus Forman* (1981), Director, Scenario Writer - *Time is inexorable* (1978), Story, Director, Screenplay - *The Apple Game* (1978), Director, Screenplay, Story - *Comrades* (1971), Director, Screenplay - *Fruit of Paradise* (1970), Director, Screenplay - *Seven Days to Remember* (1968), Cinematography - *Daisies* (1966), Screenplay, Director, Story — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/daisies.md) - *Pearls of the Deep* (1966), Director, Screenplay - *Something Different* (1963), Story, Screenplay, Director - *A Bagful of Fleas* (1963), Screenplay, Story, Director - *Green Street* (1962), as Commentary (voice) · Story, Director, Screenplay - *Ceiling* (1962), as Model (voice) · Screenplay, Story, Director - *Caterwauling* (1960), as Cat (voice) · Screenplay, Director - *Lost Children* (1957), Assistant Director - *Konec jasnovidce* (1957), Actor - *Hudba z Marsu* (1955), as Clapper Loader - *Severní přístav* (1954), as Clapper Loader - *The Emperor and the Golem* (1951), as First Handmaiden - *Peaches*, Original Film Writer ## Gallery - ![Věra Chytilová at 42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/3912195/gallery-ea7ac38c40ca.jpg) Věra Chytilová at 42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival — che (Please credit as "Petr Novák, Wikipedia" in case you use this outside Wikimedia projects.), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Vera_Chytilova_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Vera_Chytilova_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Věra Chytilová](https://film.one/media/person/3912195/gallery-22e460b908d6.jpg) Věra Chytilová — Image via TMDB - ![Věra Chytilová](https://film.one/media/person/3912195/gallery-3b11e617ea32.jpg) Věra Chytilová — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Annual award ACFK 2005: Annual award ACFK (won) - Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class 1998: Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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