Karel Coma

Karel Coma (b. 1978, Tábor) graduated from the Central Telecommunications School (1996) and the J. A. Comenius Academy in Prague; he took a Kodak Postproduction Course in London in 1997. He is involved in film editing, DVD design and mastering, film photography and post-production. He heads his own post-production studio and audiovisual company Coma Films. He has worked on over 50 feature films, e.g. Želary, Joan of Arc, A Knight's Tale, Oliver Twist, Dark Blue World, Little Otik, etc. He writes screenplays and makes clips, commercials and also short features. His shorts – the tale Duck Soup (2001), the horror 5 Minutes in the Dark (2001) and Window (2003) – won awards at domestic festivals and independent filmmakers' competitions. Experts (2006) is Coma's feature debut.

MFF Karlovy Vary