Petr Oukropec was born on April 23, 1972 in Prague. He produced his first feature film – Indian Summer by Saša Gedeon – in 1994. Film was released in wide distribution despite the fact that it was only a graduate film from the FAMU film school. In 1995 Petr, together with Pavel Strnad, established a production company called Negativ. Petr was recognized in 1999 with the Czech Academy Award for the best film of the year – “Return of the Idiot” by Saša Gedeon. Since 2003 he has been lectur- ing at Department of Production at Prague’s FAMU. He continues to work with kids and non-actors in his private theatre called „Zmrzlik“. Based as a social project, in the years since its inception, it has gained a wide audience and recognition. In 2012 he made his first film as a director - “Blue Tiger”