FAMU katedra kamery

josef.spelda@gmail.com

Cinematographer, teacher

At the Cinematography Department, Josef Špelda focuses on light in film and television work.  He gives lectures and conducts seminars teaching students the basic principles of creating various lighting atmospheres in the studio, exterior and outdoors, and the resulting light structures.

Josef Špelda was born in Třebíč in 1940. Since graduating from the Cinematography Department at FAMU in 1965, he has worked in Czechoslovak Television as a cameraman. In his career, he has worked in various genres, but his most significant achievements have been in the field of drama. He has made several major TV and feature films.

Cinematographic work (selection):

2009 – TV film The Noose (dir. Viktor Polesny)
2008 – Nineteen Pianos (dir. Dusan Klein)
2007 – TV movie The Husky Voice (dir. Viktor Polesný)
2004 – TV film In nomine patris (dir. Jaromír Polišenský)
2004 – feature film Lovers and Murderers (dir. Viktor Polesny)
2002 – TV series Love Lost (dir. Viktor Polesny)
2001 – TV film Catch the Wind (dir. Jaromír Polišenský)
1998 – TV film Lady Chatterley’s Lover (dir. Viktor Polesny)
1996 – feature film Master of Ceremonies (dir. Jiří Věrčák)
1995 – feature film Vengeance Is Mine (dir. Lordan Zafranović)
1996 – feature film Saturnin (dir. Jiří Věrčák)

1989 – Television films Faust I, Faust II (dir. Zdeněk Potužíl, Viktor Polesný)

Awards:

2007 – Annual Award ACC for Excellent Television Work –  Husky Voice

Link to other works:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817658/