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CAREER Before entering the film industry, ''Jakubisko'' taught still photography at a Bratislava secondary school for applied arts and worked for a television in Košice . In 1960 he moved to Prague where he attended ''FAMU'' Czech film school, studying direction under Václav Wasserman 's tuition. Graduated in 1965. After his studies ''Jakubisko'' worked with Alfred Radok at the Laterna Magika theater in ''Prague'' and began winning international acclaim with his experimental short films before making his first feature. In 1967 he produced his first full length feature film '' Kristove Roky ''. The promissing carrerer of the young director was heavily crippled by the communist regime. He managed to complete only 3 films before he was banned for 15 years, in the diffucult period following Russian Invasion in Czechoslovakia . During that period, he made few documentaries. Fortunately the situation got gradualy better so that he could film '' Tri Vrecia Cementu A živý Kohút '' (1976) athough it was not projected until 1978. His official return to filmmaking was '' Postav Dom, Zasaď Strom '' (1980). ''Jakubisko'' earned international acclaim with the epic '' Tisícročná Včela '' (1983). This movie was the real event for the country. People of all ages went to see it in mass and the tickets were sold out for many weeks after it's release. It was probably the most visited movie in Slovakia ever. Since then he won further many international awards and earned great respect worldwide. Recently a lot of gossip and curiosity is generated regarding his current project '' Bathory ''. The movie starring Famke Janssen as Elizabeth Báthory , infamous 16th century countess and mass murder, seems to become the most expensive Czech and Slovak movie production, involving investments of numerous companies around Europe. He is often credited also as a screenplay writer as he usualy co-writes or writes the scripts of his movies. FILMOGRAPHY for full filmography check imdb
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