Antonín Máša

Antonín Máša (22 July 1935 – 4 October 2001) was a Czech film director and screenwriter.^[1] His movie Hotel for Strangers competed in Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Antonín Máša
Born	(1935-07-22)22 July 1935 Višňová, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Died	4 October 2001(2001-10-04) (aged 66) Příbram, Czech Republic
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1960-1990

Life

Máša was born in Višňová on 22 July 1935. He was a childhood friend with Pavel Juráček. They both went to study screenwriting at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Filmography

As screenwriter

• A Place in the Group (1964)
• Courage for Every Day (1965)
• Holiday for a Dog (1980)
• What’s the Matter With You, Doctor? (1984)

As director

• Searching (1965)
• Hotel for Strangers (1967)
• Looking Back (1968)
• Rodeo (1972)
• Proč nevěřit na zázraky (1977)
• Silence of the Larks (1989)
• Were We Really Like This? (1990)