Screenwriter, historian, and film critic
Country of origin
Czech Republic
Vít Poláček (1985) is a Czech screenwriter, director and historian working freelance. He studied screenwriting and dramaturgy at FAMU and cultural history at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. He completed an internship at the Belgian film school RITS in Brussels. Among other jobs, he’s worked as an assistant director at the KunstZ community theater in Antwerp. He made the short films Hryvnia (2009) and The Creation of the World (2011). He is the co-author of Tomasz Mielnik’s comedy The Journey to Rome (2015). He also carries out historical research for the making of films.