He began his career as a successful and sought-after stage and film actor, he advanced even to the boards of the National Theatre. After acting at DAMU he have graduated from film directing at FAMU and gained fame with unconventional short films, such as about life of nobility under socialism Citizens with a Coat of Arms (Občané s erbem[/i], 1966). He even succeeded to debute with feature film So Bye- Bye (Takže ahoj, 1970), but was then relegated to the dubbing and was allowed to return to production only ten years later. Films from the eighties captured marasmus of the regime in decline The Big Money (Bony a klid, 1987), after the political change he harvested a theatre success of the decade with Tank Battalion (Tankový prapor, 1991), the first film in a private production. In his desire to repeat, however, could not resist decline of values, he had more fortune in fiction and documentary television production.