Michaela Pavlátová

Michaela Pavlátová (born 27 February 1961) is a Czech animator, film director, and teacher. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Words, Words, Words (1991) and won the Short Film Golden Bear for Repete (1995). As a feminist experimental animator, Michaela's work explores themes of sex, gender, philosophy, and relationality. Beyond her independent work, she worked as the art director for Wildbrain Inc. She currently teaches animation at Prague's Academy of Performing Arts, film, and TV School. Michaela has also taught at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague, the Academy of Art College, the Computer Arts Institute in San Francisco, and at Harvard University.