Martin Frič belongs to the record of cinema as a figure whose work outlasted the productions that carried it.
The record lists Martin Frič as Czech film director, screenwriter and actor (1902–1968).
Martin Frič was born at Prague in 1902. His recorded nationality is Czech Republic.
The studio system was at its height in this period: contracts were long, the output was industrial, and a handful of studios decided who worked.
He worked as film director, screenwriter and pedagogue.
Film is a collaborative art in which individual credit is always contested and occasionally deserved.
Recognition followed: Order of the Republic.
That the work was made from Czech Republic shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Martin Frič died in 1968, aged 66. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Order of the Republic
- Worked as film director, screenwriter and pedagogue
