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Štefan Uher (4 July 1930 – 29 March 1993) was a Slovak film director, one of the members of the Czechoslovak New Wave.
Štefan Uher | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 July 1930 |
| Died | 29 March 1993 (aged 62) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1955-1989 |
He was born in Prievidza on 4 June 1930. He graduated from the FAMU in Prague in 1955.[1] Among his fellow students were future directors Martin Hollý Jr. and Peter Solan. All three began to work at the Koliba film studios[2] (then called the Feature Film Studio and the Short Film Studio) in Bratislava after graduation.
Uher first worked in the short film division. The first movie he directed was My z deviatej A about the life of a group of 15-year-old students and their school. His second feature was The Sun in a Net. His next two movies The Organ (1964),[3] and Three Daughters (1967) were based on screenplay by Alfonz Bednár.
He worked with a composer Ilja Zeljenka on 8 of his movies.[4]
Uher's last film She Grazed Horses on Concrete (1982) has remained one of Slovakia's most popular domestic productions through the 2000s.[5] The film was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.[6]
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