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DAVID HOFMANN
David is a graduate of the FAMU Department of Cinematography. His work focuses primarily on feature films. In 2024, he won the Vesna Award for cinematography from the Slovenian Film Academy for his first foreign-language feature film Block 5, and was also nominated for the Czech national award, the Czech Lion, for cinematography in the film Our Lovely Pig Slaughter. (directed by Adam Martinec) His short film 128,000 (directed by Ondřej Erban) was selected for the Cinéfondation competition at the Cannes Film Festival and also won the award for Best Student Film at the Czech Lions. In 2022, he made his feature film debut with Grand Prix (directed by Jan Prušinovský) and collaborated on his first television series, *The King of Šumava, directed by David Ondříček for the Voyo platform. In 2024, two of his feature films premiered at prestigious festivals— Block 5 (directed by Klemen Dvornik) was screened at the Locarno International Film Festival. Our Lovely Pig Slaughter (directed by Adam Martinec) received a Special Mention from the jury in the main competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. He also worked on John Carpenter’s series Suburban Scream for the Peacock platform. David’s portfolio includes over a hundred commercials and music videos; his work is often influenced by skateboarding and street culture.