Veronika Sobkova (born as Matouskova in Prague in 1973) graduated in documentary filmmaking at Prague Film Academy FAMU (1994 – 2000) and did her Master degree in Social Work at Charles University in Prague. 1994 - 2003: journalist for public Czech Radio 1 + 2 and Czech Radio Vltava. 1998 - 2005: freelance director of different programmes for Czech TV. 2005-7: commissioning editor for documentaries in public Czech TV (windows “Actual documentary” and “Family series”).