Josef Illík

Josef Illík
Born	(1919-09-10)10 September 1919 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died	21 January 2006(2006-01-21) (aged 86) Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, photographer
Years active	1945–1981

Josef Illík (10 September 1919 – 21 January 2006) was a Czech cinematographer and photographer.

Life

Josef Illík studied photography in high school. His teachers were Ladislav Sutnar, Jaromír Funke and Josef Ehm. After the World War II he was a successful photographer, but also started working at Barrandov Studios as an assistant cinematographer. From 1952 to 1957 he was a cinematographer for army documentaries in Czechoslovak Army Film. Since 1958 he worked on feature films as a cinematographer. He frequently worked with directors Karel Kachyňa, Václav Krška and Václav Vorlíček.

Selected filmography

• Smugglers of Death (1959)
• Smugglers of Death (1959)
• The Slinger (1960)
• Spanilá jízda (1963)
• The House in Karp Lane (1965)
• Coach to Vienna (1966)
• The Nun's Night (1967)
• Jarní vody (1968)
• Witchhammer (1970)
• The Ear (1970)
• Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)

Publications

• Josef Illík. Praha zasněná. Orbis, Prague 1959
• Josef Illík. Praha 1945 – 1958. Argo, Prague 2018

External links

• Josef Illík at IMDb