Matej Minac
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Film director, producer, writer. Graduated in film directing at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava. He's well-known for his trilogy of films about the British rescuer Sir Nicholas Winton: All My Loved Ones (1999), Nicholas Winton - The Power of Good (2002), Nicky's Family (2011). He made also a film about his mother, famous photographer Zuzana Minacova - Through the Eyes of the Photographer (2015). His films received more than 70 awards including International Emmy Award for outstanding documentary program; Best Documentary - Montreal World Film Festival; Audience Award - Karlovy Vary International Film Festival; Czech Lion - Best Czech Documentary for the last 15 year; Audio-Visual Memory Award, Jerusalem Film Festival; Prix Italia's special Signis Award; FIAT/IFTA Archive Achievement Award for best use of archives, British Film Institute; London; Christopher Award - New York; Grand Prix - International Film Festival Sedona (USA); Jury Award - Troia International Film Festival - Portugal.
