Vladimír Michálek (born 2 November 1956 in Mladá Boleslav)[1] is a Czech film director and screenwriter.
He joined the Barrandov Studios as assistant director, where he worked with Andrew Birkin (Burning Secret), Reinhard Hauff, Ted Kotcheff (The Shooter), Margarethe von Trotta and Bernhard Wicki.
[3] 1994 was the year of the release of his first feature film, Amerika, a free adaptation of the Kafka novel.
[6] Autumn Spring (2001), starring Vlastimil Brodský in his last role, received favorable reviews, including in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
He directed the music videos for the song Černí andělé (Black Angels) by the band Lucie,[8] and Chinaski's Podléhám.