Directing
Community Rating
6.4
TMDB estimate
Born in
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Boková (born in 1948) is a Czech film director. Born in Prague, she left Czechoslovakia at the time of the Soviet invasion 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 and worked as a contributing photographer for Rolling Stone magazine, and subsequently became a film student at the National Film School in England debuting as a film director in 1975 with the critically acclaimed Militia Battlefield. She made films regularly for the BBC arts series Omnibus and Arena, winning many international awards. She wrote and directed the 1986 drama film Hôtel du Paradis, which was shown out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987. 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. In 2003, the Cinémathèque Française hosted a complete retrospective of Boková's work. In 2012 Jana Bokova received a Czech award for cultural achievement.
Night Watch
as Lady Cocaina
2005
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Eric Clapton and Friends
as Director, Director of Photography
2003
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Before Night Falls
as Documentation & Support
2000
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Diary for a Tale
as Director
1998
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Bahia of All the Saints
as Producer, Director
1994
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Havana
as Director
1990
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Paradise Hotel
as Director, Writer
1986
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Sunset People
as Director
1984
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Dallas — The Big Store
as Director, Producer
1981
—Quinn Running
as Director
1980
—Blue Moon
as Producer, Director
1980
—I Look Like This
as Director
1979
—Living Room
as Director, Producer
1978
—Marevna and Marika
as Director
1978
—Love Is Like a Violin
as Editor, Director
1977
—Just One More War
as Director
1977
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Militia Battefield
as Director
1975
—Jokey
as Director
1974
—Déjà Vu
as Director
1973
—A Cette Minute
as Director
1972
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