Václav Macek

author

Czech[1] active 1982–present

Václav Macek is a Czech film historian, curator, and professor of film science. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University in Prague in 1982. Since 1993, he has been a teacher at the Department of Film Science at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU), where he headed the department until 2010 and currently serves as a professor. Macek is a prominent figure in Central European photography and cinema history, having directed numerous projects on Slovak and Czech photographic media. He is the director of the Central European House of Photography (SEDF) and has published extensive encyclopedias on the history of European photography.[1,2]

  • film history
  • photography history
  • Slovak cinema
  • curation

Books

Works by Václav Macek

  • 1995 Tono Stano Vydavatel'stvo Osveta · book · English · ISBN 8021702311 Text by Václav Macek.
  • 1997 Dejiny slovenskej kinematografie book · Slovak Co-authored with Jelena Paštéková.
  • 1992 K dejinám slovenského dokumentárneho filmu book · Slovak
  • 2006 The History of European Photography (1900-1938) Central European House of Photography · book · English Edited volume.

Awards

  • 2020 BEST PUBLISHER 2020 Federation of European Professional Photographers

References

  1. Václav Macek | PARADAJS PHOTO MAG. Online Magazine. 2024 link
  2. Václav Macek - Životopis a ocenění. Book Database. 2024 link