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doc. Mgr. Antonín Weiser
Cinematographer
1967 – 1972 – graphic designer – photographer, graduation from a secondary school
1979 – FAMU – graduate – film and television cinematographer, the Master title
1980 – compulsory military service
1981 – Barrandov Film Studios – employee, independent special effects cinematographer
1981 – Krátký film Praha – business trip abroad – director of photography – South America (4 months)
1982 – Barrandov Film Studios – the first independent special effects work – (The Flying Čestmír series).
1982 – 1988 – Barrandov Film Studios in Prague + Krátký film Praha – director of photography and an independent special effects cinematographer.
1988 – 1991 – as an employee of the Barrandov Film Studios, sent by Filmexport on a business trip to West Germany (3 years). (director of photography and special effects cinematographer).
1992 and later – working on various film and TV projects.
1994 – nomination for the Czech Lion Award (special effects category) " Accumulator " – J. Svěrák
1994 and later – FAMU – invited by Prof. Šofr to give lectures as an external teacher,
1995 – founder and co-owner of the Digital Media Production, a.s. company
1996 – FAMU – giving lectures at the Department of Animation.
1996 – 1998 creation of multimedia titles in CD-ROM, Video-CD, DVD formats.
1997 – creation of the first functional DVD title in Europe, within the DMP, a.s. company . DVD – " KOLJA" – directed by Jan Svěrák. autumn
1998 – sale of ownership Interest in the DMP, a.s. company
1999 – FAMU – activities as a cinematographer and a teacher (Department of Cinematography, Department of Direction)
2000 – FAMU – teacher – Department of Direction (multimedia, camera)
2001 – co-inventor of “ARTEBOX”, a special effects background screen
2002 – FAMU – ordinary teacher – Department of Cinematography
2004 – AMU – appointed Docent in the subject of Film, Television and Photographic Art and New Media
2006 – The European patent for “ARTEBOX”, special effects background screen
2010 – Expo 2010, Shanghai – expert co-operation at the Czech pavilion. (visitors’ “subjective flying” – ARTEBOX)
2013 and later – a researcher within the NAKI project of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic: “METHODOLOGY OF DIGITISING THE NATIONAL FILM FUND”
He works as a cinematographer, special effects cinematographer, special effects supervisor, crisis manager of special effects projects. So far, he has created 1,507 TV programmes, 41 feature projects, 33 documentaries, 54 commercials etc.