Jan Svěrák is the most successful Czech film director since the Velvet Revolution in 1989. He is the son of the prominent screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák. He studied documentary filmmaking at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He and his films have received dozens of awards, including the Academy Award, Crystal Globe, Golden Globe, and Tokyo Grand Prix. He currently lives in Prague.

Jan Němec is a Czech filmmaker whose most important works dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave." Němec's career as a filmmaker in the late 1950s when he attended FAMU, the most prestigeous institution for film trainging in Czechoslovakia.

Jiří Bělohlávek is a Czech conductor. He studied with Sergiu Celibidache. Bělohlávek is a graduate of the Prague Conservatory and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He won the 1970 Czech National Conducting Competition before progressing through national and international conducting roles. Previously Bělohlávek has been chief conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra (1977-1989). He became principal conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 1990.

Ivan Trojan is a Czech actor. He graduated from the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1988 and "Realistické divadlo Zdeňka Nejedlého" (RDZN) in Prague-Smíchov. In 1992 he moved to Divadlo na Vinohradech (DNV). In 1997 he decided to move to a newly established "Dejvické divadlo" (DD). He is son of actor Ladislav Trojan and brother of producer and director Ondřej Trojan.

Bohdan Sláma is a Czech movie director. He was born in Opava in the Czech Republic and studied at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU).

Jiří Stivín is a Czech flute player and composer. He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). Ha also studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music as well as at the Prague Academy of Music (AMU). Stivín performs music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque periods. As a sololist, he performed with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, with the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, …

Goran Paskaljević is a Serbian film director. He was raised by his grandparents in Niš, following the divorce of his parents, and 14 years later returned to Belgrade where he worked in his stepfather's cinema. He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). He directed many documentary films and TV dramas for TV Belgrade. His first feature film was "Beach Guard in Winter", released in 1976.

Tessie Santiago (born August 10, 1975 in Miami, Florida, USA) is an American actress of Cuban descent. Making her television debut in 2000 in the action/adventure syndicated television series "Queen Of Swords" as Tessa Alvarado/The Queen, Tessie is now an experienced actress. She has starred on television shows such as the first season of "Good Morning, Miami" (from 2002-2003; after appearing on the first 11 episodes, …

Ladislav Smoček is a Czech playwright and theater director. After studying at a secondary school in Plzeň he graduated from the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) in 1956. In 1965 he co-founded The Drama Club ("Činoherní klub"), where he remains employed till the present. Though he wrote less than ten plays, he is together with Václav Havel and Pavel Kohout one of the most performed Czech playwrights.

Václav Smetáček was a Czech conductor, composer, and oboist. He studied in Prague among others with Jaroslav Křička, conducting with Metod Doležil and Pavel Dědeček, musicology, aesthetics, and philosophy at Charles University. He was the founder and member of the "Prague Wind Quintet", with whom he performed, composed and arranged compositions for it. From 1930 to 1933, he was a member of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 1934 to 1943, …

Ondřej Sokol is a Czech director, actor and translator. After studying five years at Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) he joined a theatre in Mladá Boleslav. Three years later he moved to "The Drama Club" (DC) in Prague. Following a great success of "The Lonesome West" he received Alfréd Radok Award in category Talent of the Year and Thálie Award for a young artist up to 33 years of age.

Miroslav Táborský is a Czech actor who has appeared in multiple Czech TV series, as well as in some American movies. Táborský was born in Prague, Czech Republic. He graduated from the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) in 1987. Táborský received Alfréd Radok Award and Goya Award. In 2005 he had a minor role in the American horror film Hostel. He portrayed a Slovak police officer.

Jan Potměšil is a Czech actor. In summer 1989, he finished his lectures at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and joined Divadlo na Vinohradech. Later that year, he hooked up with other students and actors who were going to Ostrava to persuade the miners to support the Velvet Revolution. On the way back, his car crashed on a frozen road.

Jiří Lábus is a Czech actor. In 1973 he graduated from Theate faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and joined theatre Studio Ypsilon, where he remains employed till the present. He also appeared several times as guest actor in other theatres (National Theatre, Divadlo Viola, Divadlo Ungelt). He performed in tens of TV inscenations and series as well as in several films.

Goran Marković is a Serbian movie and theatre director. He was born in Belgrade to Rade and Olivera Marković, well known Serbian actors. He had finished "5th Belgrade Gymnasium ", and after that FAMU at Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Till this day he had directed about 50 documentaries, 11 movies and 3 theatre plays. He works as a movie screenplay writer and playwright (10 film screenplays and 3 theatre plays), and had written three books.

Magdaléna Borová (* 14 April 1981, Frýdlant v Čechách, Czechoslovakia now Czech Republic) is a czech actress. In 2005 she graduated from Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Afterwards she joined National Theatre in Prague (ND). She appeared in the movie "Hrubes and Mares Friends Come Rain or Shine " and in two TV films produced by Česká televize. She received Alfréd Radok Award in category Talent of the Year.