Michaela Pavlátová is an animation director from the Czech Republic. Her films have received numerous awards at international film festivals, including an Oscar nomination for Reci, reci, reci (Words, words, words). Film Repete has also won a series of awards including the Grand Prix at the International Animation Festival Hiroshima and Golden Bear in Berlin. Her last film Tram premiered in Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes and won Annecy Cristal in 2012. Besides animation, she has directed two live action feature films. Since 2016 she is the head of the Animation Department at FAMU, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.