Bio

Aurel Klimt was born on August 6, 1972 in Zilina, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He is a writer and director, known for Lajka (2017), Pád (1999) and Fimfárum Jana Wericha (2002). Born in 1972 in Zilina, Slovakia. Between 1976 and 2000 he lived in Prague (Czech Republic). In 1999 he graduated from the Department of Animation at the Film and TV School (FAMU) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He works on his own animated films as a scriptwriter, technologist, animator, editor, executive producer and director. He wrote and staged two puppet plays. He also makes the leaders for TV and commercials. Since 2000 he has been living in Malesov (75 km from Prague), where he established the Studio ZVON. Since 1999 he has taught at the Department of Animation at FAMU and he was also the head of the department 2006 - 2015.