Ondřej Provazník (born 1978 in Prague) studied scriptwriting at FAMU and journalism at Charles University in Prague. His feature-length documentary debut A Town Called Hermitage (co-directed with Martin Dušek) was named Best Czech Documentary at the 2007 IDFF in Jihlava and was later nominated by the Czech Film and Television Academy for the 2009 European Film Awards. His film Coal in the Soul also (co-directed with Dušek) won the Best Czech Documentary Award at the 2010 IDFF in Jihlava and was screened at many international festivals. As a screenwriter he has been involved in numerous projects, including the HBO series Mamon (2016 Czech Lion award for best dramatic television serial). In 2019 he directed his live action feature debut Old-Timers (co-directed with Dušek), the film won the Czech Film Critics'Award for Best Film, for Best Director and Best Actor of 2019, the film won also the Czech Lion Awards for Best Actor in Leading and Best Actor in Supporting Role. In 2020 Provazník's short film The Assistant was premiered at Prague Short Film Festival.