Jaromír Kallista

Jaromír Kallista was born on December 18 1939 in Prague As a production graduate of Prague Film Academy 19591964 he worked at Barrandov Studios until 1970 when he decided to operate outside the state system as an independent filmmaker In this period he worked on the production unit for a number of feature films by Evald Schorm and Antonín Máša as well as several documentaries From 1973 to 1988 he was head of production at the Laterna Magica Since 1989 he has taught at FAMU Prague Film Academy In 1983 together with Jan Švankmajer he formed an independent film production company that in 1992 became a legal entity with the creation of ATHANOR Ltd