Václav Marhoul

{{Short description|Czech film director, screenwriter, and actor}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Václav Marhoul

| image = Václav Marhoul (2019).jpg

| caption = Marhoul in 2019

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|01|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

| birth_name =

| occupation = Film director, screenwriter, actor

| years_active = 1991–present

}}

Václav Marhoul ({{IPA|cs|ˈvaːtslaf ˈmarɦoul}}; born 30 January 1960) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He studied at Prague's FAMU, graduating in 1984. He directed his first film Mazaný Filip, based on Raymond Chandler's books, in 2003. In 2008, his second film Tobruk was premiered.{{cite web |url=https://www.lidovky.cz/kultura/tobruk-vaclava-marhoula-ma-sanci-ziskat-evropskou-filmovou-cenu.A090804_145741_ln_kultura_jk |title=Tobruk Václava Marhoula má šanci získat Evropskou filmovou cenu |date=4 August 2009 |newspaper=Lidové noviny |access-date=26 July 2019 |language=cs|publisher=Mafra|agency=Czech News Agency}} His next film The Painted Bird, based on Jerzy Kosiński's novel of the same title, premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://magazin.aktualne.cz/kultura/film/nabarvene-ptace-marhoul-benatky/r~e68e8872aeaf11e989de0cc47ab5f122/ |title=Historický úspěch. Marhoulův film Nabarvené ptáče bude soutěžit v Benátkách |last=Stejskal |first=Tomáš |date=25 July 2019 |website=Aktualne.cz |access-date=26 July 2019 |language=cs|publisher=Economia}} He also starred in several films such as Gympl (2007), Ulovit miliardáře (2009) and Cesta do lesa (2012).

He is set to make his English-language debut with a biographical film about Joseph McCarthy, with Michael Shannon in the lead role, and co-starring Emilia Clarke, Dane DeHaan and Scoot McNairy.{{Cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|date=2021-10-13|title='McCarthy': Michael Shannon, Emilia Clarke, Dane DeHaan & Scoot McNairy To Star In Joseph McCarthy Biopic — AFM|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/michael-shannon-emilia-clarke-joseph-mccarthy-afm-1234855222/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=Deadline}}{{Cite web|last=Dalton|first=Ben|title=Michael Shannon, Emilia Clarke to lead Vaclav Marhoul's 'McCarthy' for HanWay|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/michael-shannon-emilia-clarke-to-lead-vaclav-marhouls-mccarthy-for-hanway/5164255.article|access-date=2021-10-24|website=Screen|date=2021-10-13}}{{Cite web|last=Lang|first=Brent|date=2021-10-13|title=Michael Shannon, Emilia Clarke, Dane DeHaan Starring in Joe McCarthy Biopic|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/michael-shannon-emilia-clarke-joe-mccarthy-biopic-1235088009/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=Variety}}