Václav Marhoul

Václav Marhoul Czech ?va?tslaf ?mar?oul born 30 January 1960 Prague is a Czech film director screenwriter and actor He studied at Pragues FAMU graduating in 1984 He directed his first film Mazaný Filip based on Raymond Chandlers books in 2003 In 2008 his second film Tobruk was premiered His next film The Painted Bird based on Jerzy Kosi?skis novel of the same title premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival He also starred in several films such as Gympl 2007 Ulovit miliardá?e 2009 and Cesta do lesa 2012 He is set to make his Englishlanguage debut with a biographical film about Joseph McCarthy with Michael Shannon in the lead role and costarring Emilia Clarke Dane DeHaan and Scoot McNairy