David Jařab

David Jařab (b. 1971, Hranice na Moravě) studied direction at the Theatre Faculty of the Janáček Academy in Brno. From 1993 to 1998 his name was associated with Brno’s HaDivadlo theatre and, from 2002, with Prague’s Comedy Theatre. He has written or co-written a number of stage plays, the majority of which he also directed. In 1989 he became a member of the Brno-based surrealist circle A. I. V., and he has been a member of the Czech and Slovak Surrealist Group since the mid-1990s. He has published mainly in the revue Analogon, whose four-part TV-stage project Analogon Evenings (2002) he directed. He is also an artist. He incorporated his experience developing artistic and historical ideas in his feature debut Vaterland – A Hunting Logbook (2004 – Czech Lion award in 2005 for Best Art Direction).

46. IFF Karlovy Vary