Arguably the leading Czech filmmaker of his generation, Jan Sverak saw his first feature film, "Elementary School" (1991), earn an Academy Award nomination as Best Foreign-Language Film, a feat he duplicated with his fourth, "Kolya" (1996).
Sverak was raised in the Czech film world as the son of star actor Zdenek Sverak, who also starred in and scripted "Kolya".… See Full Jan Sverak Biography