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Series
2018 — 2026
Oneplay — 2026
Extraktoři
Season 2
Director — all six episodes
An elite Czech intelligence unit brings endangered citizens home from abroad. Season two takes the team to the Middle East to rescue four abducted Czechs.
True stories of terror from American suburbs, told through testimony and horror-film recreation. Executive produced by John Carpenter, who directed the finale.
Netflix — 2018–2021
Haunted
Seasons 1–3
Director, co-writer
People recount their most terrifying experiences, brought to life as cinematic recreations. The first Netflix series shot in the Czech Republic with a Czech director.
Short format
Commercials · Short film
BKA 49-77
UK Film Festival 2013 — Winner: Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography; nominated for Best Short Film
Short film · 2013
Series development teaser
Teaser · 2021
HC Lions
Promo for a Slovak KHL hockey team
Promo · 2012
Nike
“Write the Future”
Commercial
Nike
“Duel”
Commercial
About
Jan Pavlacký is a director and screenwriter working between Prague and Los Angeles. He began his filmmaking journey at the Scuola Nazionale del Cinema in Rome and built a diverse portfolio of commercials, music videos and short films. International recognition came with Haunted, a three-season Netflix Original series he developed, co-wrote and directed. He went on to direct two episodes of John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams for Peacock and, most recently, the entire second season of the action thriller Extraktoři for Oneplay.