Sidra Noach (Sidra Noach)

About the Author: David Jan Novotný (1947) comes from a Protestant family, his father was a graphic designer and cartoonist. Novotný studied at the Film Academy in Prague and worked as a screenwriter in the Film Studio in Barrandov. He has published short stories and novels. In the 1990s he began to teach at Film Academy as well as at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, both in Prague. In 2001 he was appointed as a professor. As a screenwriter, he took part among others in films like How a Man Gives Birth (1979), Shy Stories (1982, Karel Čapek’s short stories adaptations) and TV series Motel Anathema (Motel Anathema, 1998, horror).