Marek Najbrt (b. 1969, Prague) graduated from Charles University’s Faculty of Social Sciences and from the documentary film department of Prague’s Film Academy. In 1991–1998 he wrote and directed a number of amateur and professional audiovisual projects, notably the multimedia productions Balconies (1994) and Seven Dreams Realized (1996-97), staged at Prague’s Archa Theatre. He now primarily directs films, the most prominent of which were the features awarded Czech Lions: Champions (2004), Protector (2009) and Polski Film (2012, screened in the main competition at Karlovy Vary). He is also working on the popular political sitcom “The Blaník Bureau”? and the series “The World Below.”