Stepán Hulík

Stepán Hulík was born in Uherské Hradiste. He studied film history at Charles University in Prague and screenwriting at Film Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU). He won the most significant Czech literary award Magnesia Litera for his debut book Cinematography of Oblivion (2011), in which he mapped out the state of Czech film during the era of so called normalization during the 70s and 80s. His screenwriting debut was HBO Europe's historical drama Horící ker (2013) directed by renown Polish auteur Agnieszka Holland. His script for this miniseries was awarded with a Czech Lion award. He continued his collaboration with HBO Europe with a script for 8-part series Pustina (Wasteland) in 2016.