Martin Kollár (b. 1971, Žilina, Czechoslovakia), photographer, cameraman, and director, graduated in cinematography from the Film and Television Faculty of Bratislava's Academy of Performing Arts. As a photographer he works on long-term projects and in residencies in Eastern Europe, France, Germany, and Israel. His images have been awarded numerous times (including the Prix Elysée in Lausanne, 2015), with shows and exhibits of his work organized around the world (e.g. Brooklyn Museum, Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava, La Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin). He has published four books of photography. In terms of filmmaking, he has stood behind the lens on a number of movies, including 66 Seasons (2003), Cooking History (2009), Velvet Terrorists (2013), and Koza (2015). His directing debut came with the short auto-biopic entitled Autoportrait (2012).
MFF Karlovy Vary
