the prague film school (, ), also known as the czech film school (, ) or the prague wave (, ) was a group of yugoslav film directors who rose to prominence in the 1970s after graduating from the film and tv school of the academy of performing arts in prague (famu). five prominent yugoslav directors born from 1944 to 1947 attended classes at famu: lordan zafranović (b. 1944), srđan karanović (b. 1945), goran marković (b. 1946), goran paskaljević (b. 1947), and rajko grlić (b. 1947). emir kusturica, who was born is 1954, is sometimes also considered a member of the "praška škola". cinematographers živko zalar (who has worked with grlić, karanović and marković), predrag pega popović (who has worked with zafranović and marković), vilko filač (who has worked with kusturica), valentin perko, and pavel grzinčič, also studied at famu.