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Petr Weigl

Also Known As: "Peter", "Weigel"
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Birthplace: Brno, South Moravian Region, Czechia (Czech Republic)
Death: July 14, 2018 (79)
Prague, Czechia (Czech Republic)
Occupation: Czech film director, theater director, ballet director, dramaturge, screenwriter, librettist and playwright
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About Petr Weigl

In 1961 he graduated from the Prague Film School and the Academy of Performing Arts Television. He worked in the cinema, on television (1961-1976), at the National Theatre (Narodni divadlo, 1976-1991). He created a number of short and feature films for the Czech and Slovak Television, as well as for German public channel ARD and ZDF, British channels BBC and Channel 4. He was twice nominated for the Emmy Award. He worked in the theaters of Paris and Munich. A major success was the production of Richard Strauss's opera Salome in the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest opera and ballet directors.

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Petr Weigl's Timeline

1939
March 16, 1939
Brno, South Moravian Region, Czechia (Czech Republic)
2018
July 14, 2018
Age 79
Prague, Czechia (Czech Republic)