Martin Slivka

Known for: Writing
Born: November 1, 1929, Spišský Štiavnik, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
Died: September 23, 2002
Movies: 27

Martin Slivka (1 November 1929 in Spišský Štiavnik – 23 September 2002 in Bratislava) was a Slovak documentary filmmaker, director, screenwriter and ethnographer. He is best remembered for his documentaries Metamorfóza vlákna (1968), Človek a hra (1968), Deti a hudba (1969), Fašiangy (1969), and Ľudová kultúra na Slovensku (1972). He was married to journalist Olga Slivková.

Best-Known Movies

6.2

Water and Labor

1964

Martin Slivka: The Man Who Planted Trees

2007

The Folklore of the Schleife Region

1989

Filmography

2007	Martin Slivka: The Man Who Planted Trees	Himself (archive footage)
1978	Recepty na šťastie	Self (uncredited)
1970	Na počiatku bola pieseň	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2001	Študenti a november 1989	Writer, Director
1996	Vinšujem Vám Nový rok hojný	Writer, Director
1996	A v tom kraji boli pastieri	Director, Writer
1992	...a na Zemi pokoj ľudu	Writer, Director
1989	The Folklore of the Schleife Region	Director, Writer
1984	Terchovská muzika	Director, Writer
1983	Vyznanie pútnika	Director, Writer
1975	Spomíname na Edmunda Gwerka	Director
1973	Martin Jonas	Director, Writer
1972	Ľudovít Fulla	Director, Screenplay
1970	National Artist Professor Karol Plicka	Screenplay, Director
1970	Na počiatku bola pieseň	Director, Screenplay
1969	A Play about St. Dorothea	Director, Screenplay
1968	The Man Leaves	Director, Writer
1968	The Last Supper	Director, Writer
1968	Bulgarian Lamentation Songs	Director, Writer
1967	Etudy o človeku zo slovenskej gotiky	Director, Screenplay
1966	A Ballad in Wood	Director, Writer
1966	Icons	Director, Writer
1966	Keeping a Distance	Director, Writer
1966	Návrat Ondreja Baláža	Screenplay
1965	Zďaleka ideme, novinu nesieme	Writer, Director
1965	Z ďaleka ideme, novinu nesieme	Director
1964	Water and Labor	Director, Writer

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