Jakub Kudláč

Biography

Jakub Kudláč was born in 1978 (Bratislava, Slovakia). Today he works and lives predominantly in the Czech Republic. After his studies of composition at the State Conservatory in Bratislava he moved to Prague, where he studied philosophy at the Charles University. After graduating he joined the doctoral studies at FAMU, where he lectures till present.

His filmography encompases different forms and genres of movies (feature movies, non fiction movies, animation and many short movies). He wrote the score for movies like Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting (2018, dir.: David Jařab), Golden Sting (2018, dir.: Radim Špaček – nominated for the best film score award), Blue Tiger (2012, dir.: Petr Oukropec), Shadow Country (2020, dir.: Bohdan Sláma – won best film score award), Božena (2021, dir.: Lenka Wimmerová), Shadows in the Fog (2022, dir.: Radim Špaček), Last Race (2022, dir.: Tomáš Hodan) and more.

He also works extensively for theaters. He wrote music for over hundred theatre shows and worked in many theatres across the Czech Republic and Slovakia.