His short documentary Paní Le Murie (Madame Le Murie) of 1993 was nominated for FAMU's Student Academy Award and won a prize for best documentary at the Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen (Filmschoolfest) in Munich.

His second feature, Paralelní světy (Parallel Worlds) of 2001 was written in collaboration with the French screenwriter Marie Desplechin[1] and selected for presentation at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.

[1][2] It won seven Czech Lion awards for the year 2014, including best film, best director, and best screenplay.

[4] His documentary Zpověď zapomenutého (Confession of the Vanished), which portrays the life of the Czech-Italian composer Josef Mysliveček, was shown at the FIPA International Competition in Biarritz in 2016 and won the gold prize in its category (the FIPA d'or).

It originated in a Czech-Italian-Slovak coproduction, music in a collaboration with the Czech conductor Václav Luks, artistic director of the early music ensemble Collegium 1704 and his soloists,[6][7] Václav is a member of the European Film Academy of Berlin and the Czech Film and Television Academy.