Judita
Krizova - Executive
producer
Film
director, scriptwriter, producer, senior consultant in marketing and PR.
President of the Czech Hiporehabilitation Society.
Member of the Board of directors of the Women´s Forum.
EDUCATION:
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Between
1990 – 1993, Judita worked as the ABC News production manager for Central
Europe. In 1994, she was assigned the production manager of the ABC White
House Crew, covering the entire visit of President Bill Clinton in Prague.
Judita was in charge of all the headline news reports, and among her many
responsabilities was to secure exclusive interviews with top Czech and Slovak
politicians, such as President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel, Prime
Minister Vaclav Klaus as well as the President of the Slovak Republic, Mr.
Kovács.
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In
1993-4, she worked for the BBC as executive producer, production manager
and 1st AD on documentary features including “The Secret of Jan Masaryk,”
acclaimed potrait of the live and mysterious death of a former Czech Foreign
Minister.
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Between
1991 – 1995, Judita was the exclusive casting director and 1st AD on
over 50 commercials for Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, Unilever, Nestlé
and MTV (including the widely acclaimed “Don't wait!“-commercial).
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Since
1995, she has written and directed commercials for Paegas (a telecommunications
company), SAZKA (the Czech Lottery), Commercial Bank, Samsung and Nestlé.
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Between
1990 and 2002, she has written the scripts for, directed and/or produced
over 70 short films, documentaries, talk shows, magazines and fashion shows
for Czech TV, TV Prima, TV3 and TV NOVA.
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She
has produced and directed infomercials among others for the Diners Club,
the “Tanec Praha International Dance Festival,” the Prague Business
University (USB), or Philip Morris.
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In
2002, she has co-organized the “Prague 2002 Fashion Show” for
internationally acclaimed haute couture designer Blanka Matragi and has
managed events for klients such as DHL, Volvo, SONY, the American Chamber
of Commerce, Estée Lauder, the Czech Parforce Association and others.
As a senior consultant, she is working with Viaperfecta, a Czech Event Management
Company and is also the media consultant of the managing director of Diners
Club Czech Republic. She is the co-organizer of the visit of the US Senior
Executives’ Club to the Czech Republic in October 2002.
In
1999 Judita was selected Member of the Board of Directors of The Women’s
Forum, an exclusive international club admitting women in leading positions
in the Czech business, cultural and political life.
As the president of the Czech Hiporehabilitation Society, Judita has
dedicated her free time to helping the mentally and physically disabled whose
medical treatment involves specialsied horse riding. She is the founder and
organizer of the International Czech Paradressage Championship.
Selected
Filmography
(as director, writer and producer/co-producer):
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"I
am I" - portrait of a translucent composer and conductor, commissioned
by Czech TV and recepient of a number of awards at student film festivals
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"I have no desire to be afraid" - portrait of famous Czech
sculptor, chosen for the UFVA film conference in the USA
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"Seven
silver teapots" - TV drama, commissioned by Czech TV
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"Stop
AIDS" - documentary film for the Olga Havlova Foundation, commissioned
by Czech TV
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"Svetlana
sings Marlene" - portrait of famous Czech singer Svetlana Nalepkova
including a set of music videos
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"Czech
subtitles: Dana Habova" - portrait of prominent Czech interpretor,
commissioned by Czech TV, awarded the 1st prize for best documentary by
the Czech Film Association
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"Tanec
Praha (1998-2000)"– three one-hour documentary films, commissioned
by Czech TV
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"The
Czech GRAMMY Awards" - a 60 min live TV show
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"Architecture
of the XX. century" - a documentary film project commissioned by
The Office of the President of the Czech Republic, "The Prague Castle"