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Olga Dabrowská

Olga Dabrowská

Olga Dabrowská, maiden name Hájková, was born on 11th August 1968 in Prague. She is a Czech screenwriter, dramaturge, director and professor.

She graduated from FAMU (t/n: Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) in 1996, majoring in screenplay and dramaturgy. As a screenwriter, dramaturge (creative group Helena Slavíková and Alice Nemanská) or director, her name is connected with several authorial documentaries and journalistic programmes made for Czech Television (Chikopelo, Hornby – a Different Reality, Three Lessons on Independence, Deportation, Journey to Paris, The Man They Want, The Most Secret Wish, Cuckoos). She collaborated with Petr Zelenka on Mňága – Happy End (1996), Buttoners (1997) and Loners (2000). She played lovers with David Černý in a short story Civilisation Habits, which is a part of Buttoners. As a producer, she collaborated with a director Marcel Bystroň on Convertible (2001) and she was a supervisor for HBO feature documentary For the Light in Darkness (2012).
Her first feature film Marbles (2008) was awarded a Gold prim during the Czech Film Comedy Festival. Following films were Alma (2010) and She Will Make Mincemeat Out of You (2013). Nowadays, she has been preparing TV mini-series Loners' Children and a short authorial documentary Three Grandpas.

She is a professor at FAMO in Písek and she was also a part of several international committees.
She was a main vocalist in a punk-rock group Remnants of Charisma. Other members were the director Petr Zelenka (guitar, vocal), an actor Jiří Bábek (drums, vocal), a publicist Martin Schulz (guitar), Eva Turnová (bass guitar, vocal), an inventor Ondřej Michal (guitar), a private eye Karel Zelenka (drums) and a dramaturge Filip Novák (violin). The group published only one CD, Beyond One's Capabilities, which provided music background for Buttoners. Her two children are also pursuing art.

Screenwriter

  • 2000 - Samotáři [Loners]
  • 2003 - Nadměrné maličkosti: Muž, kterého chtějí (TV film) [Oversized Details: The Man They Want (TV film)]
  • 2007 - Nadměrné maličkosti: Kukačky (TV film) [Oversized Details: Cuckoos (TV film)]
  • 2008 - Kuličky [Marbles]
  • 2016 - Tajemství Divadla Sklep aneb Manuál na záchranu světa (dokument) [The Mystery of Sklep Theatre or A Manual for Saving the World (documentary)]
  • 2018 - Děti samotářů [Loners' Children]

Dramaturge

  • 1996 - Mňága - happy end [Mňága – Happy End]
  • 1997 - Knoflíkáři [Buttoners]

Director

  • 1994 - Chikopelo (TV film) [Chicopelo (TV film)]
  • 2008 - Kuličky [Marbles]
  • 2010 - Alma (TV film) [Alma (TV film)]
  • 2013 - Roznese tě na kopytech (TV film) [She Will Make Mincemeat Out of You]
  • 2016 - Tajemství Divadla Sklep aneb Manuál na záchranu světa (dokument) [The Mystery of Sklep Theatre or A Manual for Saving the World (documentary)]
  • 2018 - Děti samotářů [Loners' Children]

Producer

  • 2001 - Cabriolet [Convertible]

Actress

  • 1996 - Mňága - happy end (zpěvačka na konkursu) [Mňága – Happy End] (a singer during the casting)
  • 1997 - Knoflíkáři (milenecká dvojice s Davidem Černým) [Buttoners] (lovers with David Černý)

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