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Martin Novosad graduated from Palacký University in Olomouc with a degree in the theory and history of literature and dramatic arts. Since 2000, he has been collaborating with the Czech Television studio in Ostrava. As a dramaturge at the Centre for Dramatic Production, he has contributed to films such as The Sun State, Hypermarket, The Hunter of Silent Waters, The Shelter, Faceless, and Walking Too Fast – a thriller directed by Radim Špaček and written by Ondřej Štindl.

Most recently, he has worked on the fairy tales The Twelve Months and The Secret of the Old Blunderbuss. He also collaborated on The Secret of the Forest Land and on the story of an opera performance rehearsed by Jewish children in wartime Terezín, staged in 2005 under the title Brundibár – Opera Behind the Ghetto Walls.

His other projects include Filmopolis, Kultura.cz, the series about mountain huts and shelters To the Mountain Peaks, the mystery series Guardians of Souls, and a canoeing-themed series inspired by the humorous books of Zdeněk Šmíd Why Shouldn’t We Drown.