Bára Jíchová -Tyson is an editor, producer, and director of creative, narrative and commercial projects. With over 10 years of experience in documentaries, corporate, and ethnographic video, Bára collaborates on large and small projects with motivated, creative leaders. Originally from Prague, Bára has worked throughout the world in Europe, Africa, Middle East, and the Americas. She is recipient of MacDowell Colony Fellowship.
WORK EXPERIENCE - FILMS
Editor, writer - Jane documentary - (feature documentary) - In Progress
Concept writer - Virtual Hysteria - interactive documentary - directors Moara Passoni and Catarina de Sousa - In Progress
Director, Producer, Camera - Talking About Adultery (feature documentary) / 2019 (Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019, Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 - New Talent Award nomination, Ji.hlava IDFF, DOC NYC, AmDocs)
Editor, Writer - dir. Narcissister / Organ Player (feature documentary) / 2018 (Sundance 2018, SXSW 2018 )
Editor, Story Consultant - dir. Amy Jenkins / Instructions On Parting (feature documentary) / 2018 ( MOMA DOC FORTNIGHT FESTIVAL 2018)
Director, Producer, Writer, Camera - The Hatch House / (short documentary) / 2015 (Architecture and Design Film Festival NYC 2015, AmDocs 2016, FAFF Los Angeles - winner of the best experimental documentary)
Director, Producer, Writer, Camera - Africa, Tanzania, Arusha (short documentary for NGO) / 2015
Editor - dir. Alex Aron / Two Altars and a Cave (short film) / 2013 (Sarasota Film Festival 2014, Southampton International Film Festival 2014)
Editor - dir. Michael Almereyda / Does Yellow Run Forever? / (short documentary) / 2014
Editor - Warm Shadow - Emily Miller Productions (music video for FINK) / 2014 (HollyShorts Film Festival 2015)
Editor - Selling Rosario - dir. Michael Winokur + Yana Simeonov (short film) / 2014 (Napa Valley Film Festival 2015, Palm Spring International ShortFest 2015, An Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2015)
Editor - dir. Marina Shron / See Child (short film) / 2014 (Toronto Independent Film Festival 2014)
Co-Producer, Writer - Editor - dir. Malachi Connolly / Built On Narrow Land (feature documentary) / 2013 (Provincetown International Film Festival 2013, Architecture and Design Film Festival NYC, LA 2013)
Director, Producer, Editor - Expanding The Frontiers Of Knowledge: Sweet Anguish (short film) / 2013 (International Film Festival of Cinematic Arts Los Angeles 2013)
Editor - dir. Michael Almereyda- The Ogre’s Feathers (short film) / 2012 (Rome Film Festival 2012)
Assistant Editor - dir. Hal Hartley / My America - 50 monologues / 2012
Art Director - dir. J Halperin, & J. Cortlund / Now, Forager (feature film) / 2011 (Gotham Awards nomination)
Editor - dir. Hal Hartley - Meanwhile (short film, behind the scenes) / 2011
Editor, Concept Creator - dir. John Holland - Nautilus (feature film / opera) / 2011
Editor - dir. Vikram Gandhi - Views of My Father Weeping (short film) / 2011
Editor - dir. Marina Shron - Lullaby for Ray - (short film) / 2011 (Accolade Competition Winner)
Editor - dir. Michael Almereyda - Nadja (trailer) / 2010
Editor - dir. Karl Geary - You Were Perfectly Fine (short film) / 2009 (Ojai Film Festival 2010)
Editor - dir. Hal Hartley - No Such Thing (EPK) / 2009
Editor - dir. Michael Buscemi - Dos C (short film) / 2009
Assistant Editor- dir. Hal Hartley - La Commedia (documentary) / 2009
Editor - dir. Michael Almereyda - Paradise (feature documentary) / 2008 (Gotham Awards nomination, included in MOMA Film Collection)
WORK EXPERIENCE - COMMERCIAL WORK, MARKET RESEARCH & ETHNOGRAPHY
Videographer - Therefore strategy + insight (ethnographic research) / 2019
Editor, Videographer - Miner&Co. Studio - clients Amex, IFC, MTV (market research & ethnography) / 2012 - 2019
Videographer - McKinsey & Company (ethnographic research) / 2017
Editor - Soundbrush Records (various projects) / 2013 - 2016
Editor - Home Matters, MacArthur Foundation (corporate video) / 2015
Editor - JALC, Lincoln Center (fundraising video) / 2015
Editor, Videographer - Sachs Insights (market research & ethnography) / 2008 - 2014
Editor - TruTV / 2013 - 2014
Editor - Promise - client Comedy Central (market research & ethnography) / 2012
Editor - Sundance Channel / Brita (TV commercial) / 2011
Editor - Arkadia & Co. - (music videos, corporate videos) / 2011
Editor - Open Mind Strategy - Mohegan (internal project) / 2011
Editor - Oral History of the NY Women’s Culinary Alliance / 2011-2013
Editor - AMEX Small Biz - (commercial) / 2010
Editor - New Music Seminar - (TV spot) / 2010
Editor - Absolut Vodka / Spike Jonze - 30 days (artist portraits) / 2010
Editor - Ironworks Productions - Obama Campaign/ 2008
Assistant Editor - Art Logic Laboratories (various projects) / 2007
Editor - Channel 23 - Boston Cable Television (TV show) / 2005-2006
Editor - Video Intervention / Prevention Assessment (VIA), Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA / 2005
FILM & MEDIA RELATED WORK
Art Director - Now Forager (feature film) / 2012 (Nominee Gotham Independent Film Awards)
Documentary / Ethnography Videographer - Miner&Co / 2012-2019
Documentary / Ethnography Videographer - Sachs Insights / 2009 - 2014
Script Supervisor - dir. Hal Hartley, Meanwhile (feature film) / 2010
Media Researcher - Media Combo / 2009
Translation, Transcription, Subtitles - MTV, Real Life / 2008
Translation, Transcription, Subtitles - Art Logic Laboratories / 2007
ASSISTANT / TRANSLATOR
Film Director Martin Donovan / Karlovy Vary Film Festival / 2011
Actor Adrian Grenier / Karlovy Vary Film Festival / 2010
Film Director Alan Rudolph / Karlovy Vary Film Festival / 2009
Film Director Les Blank / Karlovy Vary Film Festival / 2008
Film Director Hal Hartley / Karlovy Vary Film Festival / 2007
EDUCATION
BFA, Massachusetts College of Art Boston (Honors), Ma, USA/ 2007
Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands / 2006
Graphic Design Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / 2003
Maturity Certificate, St. Agnes School of Applied Arts, Czech Republic/ 1998