Pavel Horáček was born in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. He graduated in Film History and Audiovisual Culture from Masaryk University in Brno, devoting his thesis to means of expression and specific animation techniques, namely in Czech animated films. For three years, he worked as programme director at the AniFest International Festival of Animated Films in Teplice. Since 2013 Pavel has been working as IFAF Anifilm programme director first in Trebon, now in Liberec. He is an initiator and dramaturge of the webiste aniont.com, presenting creative works of animation. He curated three DVD anthologies of Czech animation, released by the former Institute of Czech Animation. He was the catalogue editor for Jiří Trnka’s Studio exhibition. He prepares programmes of animated films for institutions in the Czech Republic and abroad. Pavel writes about film and animation, and has served as a jury member of various international festivals.