Andrej Krob

Andrej Krob (born 14 April 1938) is a Czech theater director and screenwriter, known for directing stage plays about Václav Havel.

His mother was of Russian origin, while his father was a descendant of Volhynian Czechs.

From 1963 onward, Krob worked at the Theatre on the Balustrade as a stage technician, and later a stagehand and assistant.

There he met director Jan Grossman, as well as Václav Havel, then working as a playwright, and his wife Olga Havlová.

He then worked as a window seal fitter for several years, however managed to restore his directing career by the end of Communist rule He is the father of actress and singer Sylvie Krobová.