Julie Markova Zackova
Julie Markova Zackova is a graduate of FAMU producing department and English and American Studies at Charles University. Her graduate FAMU film Pravomil (dir. Pavel Nosek) was awarded Best Student Film award at Czech national film awards in 2014. For ten years between 2012 and 2023, Julie was employed at Unit and Sofa production company where in 2019, she co-established their film branch and produced her first feature film Occupation (premiered at Tallinn Black Nights, won Best Film at Czech film critics awards and was nominated for Czech Lions in 13 categories, sold to HBO in 13 territories). She is a graduate of EAVE, Midpoint and Maia and a voting member of European Film Academy. She runs a talent agency NOCHI representing cinematographers and photographers. She co-founded the Girls in Film Prague platform, aiming to support diversity in Czech and Slovak film industry. In 2023, she founded her own company NOCHI FILM.