Robert Buchar

Robert Buchar Biography

Robert Buchar is an American cinematographer, filmmaker, film director and producer, born in 1951 in Hradec Krlov, former Czechoslovakia.

In 1966 he came to Prague to study photography at the Secondary School of Graphic Arts, and cinematography at FAMU, the Film Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated as M.F.A. in 1975. He worked as a cinematographer mainly for the documentary section of Krtk film, before defecting to the United States in 1980. There he worked as a cameraman for CBS until 1989, photographed over twenty films and documentaries in the U.S. and Europe. He also works as director of photography on independent films and commercials.

Since 1989 he teaches cinematography at the Columbia College in Chicago, where he became head of the Cinematography Concentration, the faculty's cinematography program, an advanced production course he developed.

Documentary features

Velvet Hangover

His, and David Smith's, feature-length documentary film Velvet Hangover about the Czech New Wave and the Czech film industry before and after the Velvet Revolution was screened in film festivals around the world. Some of the critics' appraisals:

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Featuring in Velvet Hangover (in alphabetic order):

Jaroslav Bou?ek
Jaroslav Brabec
V?ra Chytilov
Saa Gedeon
Zuzana Hojdov-Zemanov
Ji? Krej?k

Antonn Ma
Ji? Menzel
Stanislav Milota
Jan N?mec
Ivan Passer
Jan Sv?rk

Karel Vachek
Otakar Vvra
Drahomra Vihanov

The Collapse of Communism - The Untold Story

Currently (November 2009) Buchar's another documentary The Collapse of Communism - The Untold Story is in postproduction. According to some critics, it showcases the KGB's orchestration and management of the breakup of the Soviet Union. According to some critics, it promotes a conspiracy theory that the fall of communism in Eastern Europe was a hoax. Buchar's own view (supporting his critics):

Featuring in The Collapse of Communism (in alphabetic order):

Tennent H. Bagley
Vladimir Bukovsky
Angelo Codevilla
Petr Cibulka
Frantiek Dosko?il
Joseph D.Douglass, Jr.

Edward Jay Epstein
Robert M. Gates
Bill Gertz
Oleg Gordievsky
Vladimr Hu?n
Jeff R. Nyquist

Ion Mihai Pacepa
Jaromr t?tina
Pavel ?ek
Ludvk if?k

Filmography

documentaries, feature-length, also as director / producer

Velvet Hangover, together with David Smith, 1999/2000, USA
(in Czech: Sametov kocovina, 2002)
The Collapse of Communism - The Untold Story, 2009/2010, USA

other, (mainly / also) as director of photography

Four Seasons (in Czech: ?tvero ro?nch dob), 2008
Bear Not to Be, 1968
Certainly, 1969
The Club, 1971
In the Sign of Eagle, 1978
The Comets, 1979
City in the Center of the City, 1979
Etology of Animals, 1980
Basic Meditation Exercise, directed by George Drasnar (Ji? Dranar)^{(in Czech)}, 1981
Go West-Sing West, 1991
Where are you, 1992
The Land of Youth, 1992
Granny, 1998
Posledn z rodu, directed by Drahomra Vihanov, Czechoslovakia, 1977

Books

Czech New Wave Filmmakers in Interviews, foreword by Antonin J. Liehm, McFarland & Company, 2003 (based upon the Velvet Hangover documentary)
And Reality be Damned... December 2009, Eloquent Strategic Publishing (based upon The Collapse of Communism - The Untold Story documentary)
in Czech: Revoluce 1989 - utajen informace ze zkulis, Brna, 2009

professional

Design of the photographic and the cinematographic image, with Jan Smok, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Prague 2001
The Spotmeter and its application in cinematography and video (on proper metering techniques)

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