About
Boková (born in 1948) is a Czech film director. Born in Prague, she left Czechoslovakia at the time of the Soviet invasion in August 1968 to attend a conference of art students in Austria, then emigrated to Paris, France to study at the Sorbonne. She then lived in the United States and worked as a contributing photographer for Rolling Stone magazine, and subsequently became a film student at the National Film School in England debuting as a film director in 1975 with the critically acclaimed Militia Battlefield. She made films regularly for the BBC arts series Omnibus and Arena, winning many international awards.
Filmography
Eric Clapton and Friends2003 · Director, Director of Photography
Before Night Falls2000 · Documentation & Support
Diary for a Tale1998 · Director
Bahia of All the Saints1994 · Director, Producer
Havana1990 · Director
Paradise Hotel1986 · Director, Writer
Sunset People1984 · Director
Dallas — The Big Store1981 · Director, Producer
Quinn Running1980 · Director
Blue Moon1980 · Director, Producer
I Look Like This1979 · Director
Living Room1978 · Producer, Director
Marevna and Marika1978 · Director
Love Is Like a Violin1977 · Director, Editor
Just One More War1977 · Director
Militia Battefield1975 · Director
Jokey1974 · Director
Déjà Vu1973 · Director
A Cette Minute1972 · Director