Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-50 of 157
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Jana Kolesárová was born on 15 February 1976 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She is an actress, known for Flightplan (2005), Blur (2007) and Bonds of Redemption.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
David Dobrik was born in Kosice, Slovakia. He is known for his work on An Interrogation (2015), FML (2016) and Airplane Mode (2016). He has a successful channel on YouTube with over 6 million subscribers, where he posts vlogs about skits and his daily life. He is dating fellow Youtuber and actress, Liza Koshy (as of 2015).- Dominika Kavaschová was born on 19 May 1989 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She is an actress, known for Dr. Ludsky (2011), Chlapi neplacu (2013) and Kôn (2022).
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Peter Kerekes was born on 3 April 1973 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia. He is a producer and director, known for 107 Mothers (2021), 66 sezón (2003) and Velvet Terrorists (2013).- Zuzana Kanócz was born on 21 November 1979 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She is an actress, known for Ordinácia v ruzovej záhrade (2007), Za sklom (2016) and Nemocnica (2021).
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frigyes Bán was born on 19 June 1902 in Kassa, Austria-Hungary [now Kosice, Slovak Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Zavaros éjszaka (1940), Szegény gazdagok (1959) and Felmegyek a miniszterhez (1962). He was married to Kató Timár and Éva Vass. He died on 30 September 1969 in Budapest, Hungary.- The passion for the white sport ran in the family, as her father was also a tennis player who reached number 19 in his country's rankings. Martina Hingis herself learned to play tennis from early childhood. She was trained by her mother. She was already playing in tournaments at the age of five. In 1987 her parents divorced. The following year, in 1988, Hingis moved with her mother to Switzerland to Trübbach, municipality of Wartau, canton of St. Gallen. There she took on Swiss nationality. In 1993, Martina Hingis, just twelve years old, won her first Grand Slam title in the junior division at the French Open. She was the youngest player in tennis history to win a Junior Grand Slam.
At Wimbledon in 1993, he made it to the semi-finals in the junior singles and doubles. In 1994, fourteen-year-old Hingis was the most successful player in Switzerland. She documented her class with a victory at the OTF tournament in Langenthal. During this time, she played her first tournament as a professional tennis player in Zurich. She made it to the round of 16 and was stopped by Mary Pierce. In the same year she was ranked 399th in the world. Hingis was able to improve further and the following year she was already among the 20 best tennis players in the world. At the age of 15, she reached the semi-finals of the US Open and was ranked 13th in the world. In 1995 she won her first WTA title in Filderstadt. In the same year, Martina Hingis triumphed against top player Monica Seles in Oakland, California.
With this victory, she was crowned the youngest prize money millionaire in tennis history. In the 1995 New York tournament at Madison Square Garden she made it to the semifinals. There she met the strong German Steffi Graf, who won the match. The following year, Martina Hingis started the Sydney International tournament in Australia. In the final game she faced the American Jennifer Capriati, who she was able to defeat and thus collect another tournament success. Her greatest success in 1997 was winning the Australian Open against Mary Pierce in the final. She became the youngest player in tennis history to ever win a Grand Slam tournament.
The Swiss continued to improve her performance. The success was finally recorded in the world rankings, in which she was listed as number one in 1997. After interruptions, she took the place of world number one again on February 8, 1999, after replacing her competitor, the American player Lindsay Davenport. Then the following year he was once again at the top of the world rankings, which lasted a total of 73 weeks. It was only in the second half of 2002 that she was replaced by the American player Jennifer Capriati. Her sporting track record includes winning the Australian Open three times in 1997, 1998 and 1999. In 1997 she won the US Open and the traditional Wimbledon tournament, which is considered the unofficial world championship.
She won the Masters in 1998 and 2000. She has a total of 43 individual victories on the WTA tour. In the meantime, Martina Hingis had left Switzerland and moved to the USA. She lives and trains there in Saddlebrook, Florida. In 2002, Martina Hingis was plagued by injuries. The year before, she tore a triple ligament at the tournament in Filderstadt, which she was still struggling with the following year. The former world number one had to cancel her participation in the US Open tournament after an ankle operation. In February 2003, at the age of 22, Martina Hingis announced her retirement.
In January 2006, Hingis made her comeback at the Brisbane tournament. After which she reached number 6 in the world rankings. At the Australian Open, Hingis reached the quarterfinals in singles and in Tokyo, Hingis reached the final of a WTA tournament. On September 24, Hingis won the Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships in Seoul, Korea. In January 2007, Hingis again reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. On November 1, 2007, Hingis announced her retirement from professional tennis at a media conference in Glattbrugg. In her career she remained at the top of the world number one list for 209 weeks (for the first time on March 31, 1997). She won 43 tournaments in singles and 37 in doubles. The career prize money won totaled around $20 million. Her singles career match record included 548 wins and 133 losses. - Writer
- Director
- Script and Continuity Department
Péter Bacsó was born on 6 January 1928 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was a writer and director, known for Forró vizet a kopaszra! (1972), Nyár a hegyen (1967) and Jelenidö (1972). He died on 11 March 2009 in Budapest, Hungary.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Géza von Radványi was born on 17 December 1907 in Kassa, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Kosice, Slovak Republic]. He was a writer and director, known for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965), Európa nem válaszol (1941) and Mädchen in Uniform (1958). He was married to Mária Tasnádi Fekete and Eva Daghofer. He died on 27 November 1986 in Budapest, Hungary.- Actor
- Director
Born in 1985, Kosice. As a child, Brano performed in several productions in 'Kosice City Theater' and also, 'Kosice State Theater'.Graduated from the drama department of 'Prague Conservatory' in 2006. As an actor, he took part in several TV productions, series and films (for example "Kral sokolu", "Vsichni moji blizcí", "Kruh", "Red Baron", "Post Bellum", "Vypravej"). He also performed in many theatrical productions. Between 2009 and 2017, he worked as a permanent director in Prague's 'Studio Ypsilon' where he pursued his own theatrical work as an author and director. He regularly directs in Prague theaters such as the 'National Theater', the 'Theater in Dlouha', or the 'Minor Theater', but also in theaters outside Prague such as ND Brno, Petr Bezruc Theater, DAB Nitra. Typically, besides writing and developing the production concept, he is also the author (or co-author) of theatrical scripts. In 2013, he was awarded the 'Alfred Radok' Award - as a director, in the "Talent of the Year" category. Since 2014, he has portrayed one of the main characters in the popular Czech TV show "Ordinace v Ruzove zahrade II" and from 2016 he became one of the permanent directors of the series. Since then he has been focusing on television and film production. A short film "Na Hory" was his motion picture directorial debut in 2018. Second short film "Maturant" became in 2019. In 2019 he started to work as consulting director "Ordinace" series. He is also a Czech-dubbing director of foreign films (exclusively for Disney-Pixar). Brano also pursues script writing and dramaturgy. From 2018 to 2020 he was the artistic director in 'Minor Theater'.- Michal Soltész was born on 22 March 1974 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia. He is an actor, known for Robinson & Crusoe (2012), Román pro muze (2010) and Loli paraditska (2019). He has been married to Gabriela Mihaliková since 2004. They have two children.
- Sándor Márai was born in Kassa, Hungary in 1900. His writing skills made him a famous writer in Hungary in the 1930s. Though he was a strong anti-fascist he survived the Second World War, but communist persecution drove him to Italy in 1948. From there he moved to San Diego in the United States. Slowly his fame faded into oblivion. Márai married Lola Matzner, a Jew, in 1923. Just few weeks after his birth in 1939, their son, Kristof, died from an internal haemorrhage. The couple didn't have any other children, but adopted János. Lola died in 1986. Her death broke Márai. Janós, 46 years old, died the next year, due to heart failure. Márai, desperate, alone and completely forgotten, shot himself through the head on February 22nd 1989. Nine years later his work was rediscovered by Italian writer Roberto Calasso. Quickly the news spread and his books, including Embers and Eszter's Legacy, got high sales numbers in Italy and Germany. Soon other countries followed. Suddenly Márai's work and his name were known again. Director Ádám Horváth was the first to turn two stories (Szerep (1993) and Alibi (1993)) into films, even before Márai regained popularity.
- Robert Luckay was born in March 1976 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He is an actor, known for Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015), Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and FBI: International (2021).
- Katarína Andrejcová was born on 24 November 1988 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She is an actress, known for Spin State (2022), Once One and Pani Dokonalá (2018).
- Zoltán Reiter was born on 5 August 1974 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He is an actor, known for Csókos asszony (2010), Két úr szolgája (2009) and Gergö és az álomfogó (2012).
- Composer
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marián Curko was born in 1973 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He is a composer and actor, known for Rodinné tajomstvá (2005), Posta pro tebe - Navraty (2007) and Velvet Terrorists (2013).- Alexander Bárta was born on 27 February 1976 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He is an actor, known for Panelák (2008), Rodinné tajomstvá (2005) and Time of the Wolf (2003).
- Actor
- Costume Designer
- Stunts
David Axel was born on 23 June 1988 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]. He is an actor and costume designer, known for The Mini (2007), A Bronx Story (2021) and Lincoln Heights (2006).- Lenka Barilíková was born on 1 March 1971 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She is an actress, known for Ordinácia v ruzovej záhrade (2007), Medzi nami (2005) and Panelák (2008). She is married to Michal Spisak.
- Zuzana Capková was born on 12 August 1975 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She is an actress, known for Mamas & Papas (2010), Story of a Godfather (2013) and The Seven Ravens (2015). She has been married to Filip Capka since 2005. They have one child.
- Péter Havasi Jr. was born on 12 February 1987 in Kassa, Kosice, Slovakia. He is an actor, known for The Witch of Funtinel, The Line (2017) and Sword and Scythe I: Chronicles.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Jaroslav Mottl was born on 27 July 1970 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He is an actor and director, known for Attonitas (2012), Crack (2019) and Babie leto (2013).- Erik Olle was born on 9 August 1975 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He is an actor, known for Hét hónappal késöbb (2006), Stranger and The Line (2017).
- Producer
- Actress
- Writer
Zuzana Monroe was born on 11 March 1980 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]. She is a producer and actress, known for Casting Catastrophe, Robotic Affairs and Saving the Lion.- Editor
- Director
- Producer
Lenka Gmitrová was born on 7 July 1994 in Kosice, Slovakia. She is an editor and director, known for Last Lunar (2019), Kinsfolk: All My Friends Are Getting Married (2020) and Jako Swayze (2021).