Matej Minac

writer, second unit director or assistant director, director

Matej Minac was born on Apr 01, 1961 in Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. Matej Minac's big-screen debut came with All My Loved Ones directed by Matej Minac in 1999. Matej Minac is known for Nicky's Family directed by Matej Minac, Ben Abeles stars as Self and Denisa Augustinova as Self. Matej Minac has got 25 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Matej Minac achieved is WorldFest Houston. The upcoming new movie Matej Minac plays is Nicky's Family which will be released on Jun 16, 2011.

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.