Filip Renč
Date of birth: 1965-08-17
Place of birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Known for: Directing
Also known as:
Biography
Filip Renč (born 17 August 1965) is a Czech film director, screenwriter, and actor. Since his childhood, he already proved his enthusiasm for movies and drama. As a young boy he appeared in several movies, including Julek (1980) and Leve kridlo (1983). During his studies at FAMU (Film and TV School of The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) he created documentaries (Zapadákov, Srdíčko) for which he was awarded at the International film schools festival in 1987 and 1988. His debut movie Requiem for a Maiden was also a great success at the Czechoslovakian film festival FORUM in Bratislava. In the following years he directed a number of successful movies, including From Subway with Love (2005) and his latest piece At Your Own Risk (2008) which has just recently been released. He directed not only movies but also TV commercials and even music videos. He also wrote screenplays which he later directed himself, such as The Rebels (2001), Válka barev (1993) and Requiem for a Maiden (1991). Filip Renč made numerous appearances as an actor, for an instance, in The Ride (1991) and even his own Requiem for a Maiden (1991).
Movie Credits
Julek
1980-05-09
The future communist journalist Julius Fučík had a stimulating childhood and youth in a working-clas
Případ nevinné řeky
1986-12-03
Plácek
1978-11-25
Život je tvrdolín
1980-04-06
Nechci nic slyšet
1978-06-23
An 11-year-old boy is the only survivor of a tragic car accident in which both parents are killed. I
Stav ztroskotání
1984-12-01
The sun is shining, the river is sparkling, and a boating group sets off downstream for a holiday ad
The Ride
1994-10-13
Two guys buy a car and travel through the country until they meet a lonely girl on the road. They be
Kouzla králů
2008-12-24
In a land of two kingdoms - one ruthless under King Vladan’s conquests, the other hidden behind a ma
Dvojčata
1989-12-24
About two princesses, twins, indistinguishable from each other. Except that the "beautiful" one does
Broken Promise
2009-04-30
Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedman
Blob to the Fairytale
1981-11-13
Little Vendulka receives a birthday gift of a seemingly innocuous children's book. Little she knows
Zakázaný výlet
1981-05-01
Based on a real event - the shooting of a group of working-class children on 20 April 1930 in Radotí
Bílí jeleni
1979-09-09
Sometimes a little kid thing causes a lot of grief. Twelve-year-old Tomáš (F. Renč) is going through
Družina černého pera
1974-04-19
A group of children from a working-class neighbourhood in Pilsen search for a way to effectively pro
A Star Is Falling Upwards
1975-08-29
Švand, a room painter from Strakonice, begins a dizzying career as a pop music star, but he soon dis
Na startu je delfín
1975-06-06
The teenage hero tries his best to meet the nomination limit for important races, but his coach's in
Pavlínka
1974-10-11
Albrechtice near Jablonec. Sixteen-year-old Pavlínka Linková lives with her grandmother Barbara, a l
Levé křídlo
1984-05-01
The war will also affect children's games. The children hide a French boy who has managed to escape
Zrcadlo pro Kristýnu
1976-03-12
The 19-year-old volleyball player has been bedridden for a long time due to a spinal injury. The sel
O štěstí a kráse
1986-12-25
A fairy tale about Princess Marion, the laundress Madeleine, and the magic apples. Who would have th
Putování Jana Amose
1983-10-01
The distressing fate of the Czech great Jan Amos Komenský, forced to leave his homeland after the Wh
Jacob
1977-03-11
The 11-year old Jakub is living in a children's home, when he is picked up by his father. The father
The Canterville Ghost
1989-12-28
When a typical English mansion is sold, it turns out that an American ambassador is buying the castl
The Motive for Murder
1975-04-04
A short story film depicting the three different faces of crime. In the short story "The Weekend", K
Putování po Blažených ostrovech
1990-01-01
Papilio
1987-05-01
František Cepl is a young man from a simple family. He graduated from a real school and was going to
Requiem for a Maiden
1992-02-06
A fourteen-year-old girl isplaced in an institution for mentally ill instead of a foster-home due t
Kolya
1996-05-15
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly tak
Česká reklama: Úsvit kapitalismu
2019-11-27
Koho ofoukne větříček
1991-01-12
It seemed that the arrogant princess was tormenting the king with her whims. When she thought she wo
Malý vodní had
1986-07-09
Jsi falešný hráč
1987-09-01
Even the best of friends can fall apart, often all it takes is a minor misunderstanding. That's exac
Narozeniny režiséra Z. K.
1988-03-01
A directors autobiography about his debut during the rise of socialism.
Uzavřený okruh
1989-05-01
A dramatic story about the devastation of the environment and human character.
The Immortal Woman
1993-11-25
The filmed fairy-tale is a comedy based on the classical story about Reason and Happiness. This ench
Můj cukrový sen
1989-03-31
Among the apprentices learning the confectionery trade is Honza Králíček, who is not enjoying it at
Jsem vrah?
1988-05-19
Lepší prima den
1987-08-13
Jak s Kubou šili všichni čerti
1990-06-17
Cesta do krajiny Ty
1988-09-01
Radostný život posmrtný
1990-12-21
Dcera národa
1991-01-08
The Cave of the Golden Rose
1991-12-22
After a queen's tragic death, the king abandons his newborn daughter in a cave, but a witch saves he