Miloš Macourek was a Czech poet, playwright, author and screenwriter.

Biography

During his career, Macourek worked in various professions. From 1953 to 1960, he was a teacher of the art history; later he worked as a dramaturgist at the Barrandov Film Studios. He is the author of children books, TV series and film comedies.

Books

• Živočichopis
• Pohádky
• Mravenečník v početnici
• Ostrov pro šest tisíc budíků
• Světe, div se
• Žofka
• Žofka ředitelkou zoo
• Láska a dělová koule : povídky a bajky
• Člověk by nevěřil svým očím
• Jakub a dvě stě dědečků
• Mach a Šebestová
  Mach a Šebestová
  Mach a Šebestová is a Czech cartoon series. It was created by writer Miloš Macourek, director Jaroslav Doubrava, and animator Adolf Born. The animated characters were voiced by Petr Nárožný. The story follows the adventures of two third-year pupils and a torn off telephone receiver...
  
  
• Žirafa nebo tulipán?

Film and TV screenplays

• Kdo chce zabít Jessii?
  Kdo chce zabít Jessii?
  Who Wants to Kill Jessie? is a 1966 Czechoslovak science fiction comedy film directed by Václav Vorlíček. The story focuses of a couple who use a machine which can bring objects and people from dreams to the real world...
  
  
• Čtyři vraždy stačí, drahoušku
  Čtyři vraždy stačí, drahoušku
  Four Murders Are Enough, Darling is a 1970 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský.- Cast :*Lubomír Lipský .... George Camel*Jiřina Bohdalová .... Sabrina*Iva Janžurová .... Kate Draxl*Marie Rosůlková .... Mrs. Harrington...
  
  
• Pane, vy jste vdova!
  Pane, vy jste vdova!
  You Are a Widow, Sir is a 1971 Czechoslovak comedy science fiction film directed by Václav Vorlíček....
  
  
• Šest medvědů s Cibulkou
• Arabela
  Arabela (TV series)
  Arabela is a television series for children produced for television in Czechoslovakia between 1979 and 1981. The series had 13 episodes and was in the Czech language. Its plot revolved around the members of a regular Czech family, who encounter people who came from the Kingdom of Fairy Tales...
  
  
• Létající Čestmír
• Mach, Šebestová a kouzelné sluchátko
• Tři mušketýři

Comics

• Muriel a andělé
  Muriel a andělé
  Muriel a andělé is a comic album written by Miloš Macourek and drawn by Kája Saudek, originally created in the late 1960s and published in 1991. The album is considered one of the masterworks of Czech comics; it was voted the best Czech comic in a poll held by the newspaper Mladá fronta DNES in 2009...
  
   (1969, drawn by Kája Saudek
  Kája Saudek
  Kája Saudek is a Czech comics illustrator. He is one of the most important exponents of the Czech comics since the late 1960s. He is the twin brother of the photographer and painter Jan Saudek.- Biography :...
  
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• Muriel a oranžová smrt
  Muriel a oranžová smrt
  Muriel a oranžová smrt is a Czech comic album written by Miloš Macourek and drawn by Kája Saudek in 1969/1970. The story was inspired by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The album is the second and the last part of the planned cycle of adventures of young physician Muriel and...
  
  (1969/1970, drawn by Kája Saudek)
• Peruánský deník (1984, drawn by Kája Saudek)