FAMU katedra kamery

martinsec@me.com

Cameraman, teacher

At the Department of Cinematography, Martin Šec teaches the Lighting Seminar which aims at mastering basic skills in the creation of lighting structures both in the studio and in the real world. He also works with digital camera and digital workflow.

Martin Šec was born in 1952 in Prague. Since his graduation from the FAMU in 1978, he has worked for the Barrandov Film Studio and Short Film Prague. He has made 30 films and series during his cinematographic career so far.

Camera work (selection):

2016 – co-production film On the Milky Road (dir. Emir Kusturica)
2016 – Angel of the Lord 2 (dir. Jiří Strach)
2014 – “Our Life” segment in Mexican film Words with Gods (dir. Emir Kusturica)
2012 – Lost Gate TV series (dir. Jiří Strach)
2009 – The Devil’s Trick TV series (dir. Jiří Strach)
2011 – Santini’s Language TV film (dir. Jiří Strach)
2011 – Gypsy (dir. Martin Šulík)
2008 – BrainStorm TV film (dir. Jiří Strach)
2007 – Operation Silver A TV film  (dir. Jiří Strach)
1994 – There Were Five of Us TV series (dir. Karel Smyczek)
2001 – Rebels (dir. Filip Renč)

Awards:

2016 – Award of the Czech Cinematographers Association – film Angel of the Lord 2 (dir. Jiří Strach)
2016 – Award of the Czech Cinematographers Association – film Santini’s Language (dir. Jiří Strach)
2012 – Slovak Film and Television Academy Award – Sun in a Net – film Gypsy (dir. Martin Šulík)
2009 – Award of the Czech Cinematographers Association – BrainStorm (dir. Jiří Strach)
2006 – Award of the Association of Czech Cinematographers – TV program The Snake Dance (dir. Petr Slavík)

Link to other works:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781100/