Our collective consists of five producers, that have experience in all media content production
Jana Garajová
Producer
Jana was born in Slovakia in 1977. She studied documentary film making at the Film and TV Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) from which she graduated with MA degree in 2003. She was a head of production at the electronic music festival Wilsonic in Bratislava for 7 years. She worked in production of commercials and feature films (as 1st AD), as an assistant to producers, or as a line producer. In years 2012-2022 she was a head of the international CEE production company in Czech Republic and Slovakia focused on TV content – reality shows and TV series. She joined Film Kolektiv Slovakia in 2022.
Born in Brno (Czech Republic) in 1983. He studied at the Film and TV Faculty of Performing Arts in Prague - FAMU, Film and TV production. In 2006, while still a student, he established (together with two other producers) a production company, Evolution Films. In 2013 he co-founded the production company Film Kolektiv. Pavel mainly focuses on international projects and co-productions, and on high quality Czech documentaries. Pavel is a member of the ACE producers network and was selected as a Producer on the Move at the Cannes Film Festival (2010).
Born in Prague (Czech Republic) in 1979. He graduated from the Production Department at FAMU (Film & TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague). In 2005, after completing his studies, he joined the Ad Wood production company as a producer, and two years later he became the company’s sole owner. In 2013, he co-founded the production company Film Kolektiv. Jan mainly focuses on TV advertising and international projects. He is a board member of the Audiovisual Producers’ Association (APA) in the Czech Republic and board member of CFP-Europe (Commercial Film Producers Europe), as well as a jury member for the Young Director Award (YDA) at the Cannes Lions Festival.
Born in Brno (Czech Republic) in 1978. She graduated from the Production Department at FAMU (Film & TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague). In 2000, she co-founded Axman Productions, an independent film production company based in the heart of Prague. Karla is the founder of FILMASIA - the first film festival of Asian cinema in the Czech Republic. She was selected as a Producer on the Move at the Cannes Film Festival (2006) and is a member of Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE) and Czech Audiovisual Producers’ Association (APA).
Born in Brno (Czech Republic) in 1976. She studied at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts, from which she graduated in 1998 with MA degree. At the same time, she attended Masaryk University, for Balkan Studies. During her student years she worked as a presenter at Radio Hády, organised tours for North American choirs and orchestras in Central Europe, and co-organized various musical events, e.g., jazz festivals. In 2000, she started to get involved in the film world and worked in almost every field before ending up in production as a production manager, and later as a line producer. Her focus is feature films, television, and international services. She joined Film Kolektiv in 2015.
Born in Prague (Czech Republic) in 1974. He completed his first degree at the University of Economics, Prague, after which he studied Film and TV Production at FAMU in Prague. In 2006, while still a student, he and two other producers established a production company, Evolution Films. Together with screenwriter and director Jan Prušinovský and the Evolution Films company, he created a new production company, Offside Men (2011), which is exclusively focused on the development, production, and distribution of its own creations. Ondřej is a member of the Czech Audiovisual Producers’ Association (APA) and was selected as a Producer on the Move at Cannes Film Festival (2012).
Born in Zlín (Czech Republic) in 1984. She completed her first degree at Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, after which she earned an MA at the J.A.K. University of Media Studies, in 2009. During her student years, she worked as an event and production manager at Club Fléda, and production manager for the viewing terrace house of Hybernia Theatre and Vzlet Cinema in Prague. She organized Days on the 20th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution for the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation Vize 97, and provided many TV streaming events. Since January 2010, she has been part of Evolution Films.
Born in the small southeast Moravian village in 1974, she left for the big world to Olomouc to study English and Czech filologies at Palacky University. Went to even bigger world to Prague and there worked for the Oscar winning Czech director Jan Svěrák as the office manager in his company. Then she left the movie world to devote herself to family and children. In 2018 she joined film production again, this time with all the camarades in FILM KOLEKTIV.
