Tomas Bata University in Zlín

• theory and history of film
• history and present-day practice of animated filmmaking
• analysis of audiovisual works and art criticism/journalism
• working with film and theatrical sources

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Teaching

Consulting hours

Friday 9:00-11:00

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Curriculum vitae

Education

• 1999-2003: Purkyně Grammar School in Strážnice
• 2003-2006: Theory and History of Dramatic Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Arts, Bc.
• 2006-2008: Theory and History of Dramatic Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Arts, Mgr.
• 2010-2013: Multimedia and Design, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Multimedia Communications, doctoral studies, Ph.D.

Internships and study stays

• 2025 CalArts, Los Angeles — organized Robert Lence's workshop at FMK
• 2024–2025 A-Film Estonia — organized Meelis Arulepp's workshops at FMK
• 2019 Pixar Animation Studios — visit, discussion on animator education
• 2019 DreamWorks Animation, Los Angeles — visit, workflow and collaboration
• 2018 CalArts, Los Angeles — shadowing, curricula, teaching comparison
• 2018 Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C. — presentation of the studio's work
• 2014 Volda University College (Norway) — internship, lectures on Czech animation

Process of employment

• 2025–present Statutory Deputy Dean — FMK, Tomas Bata University in Zlín
• 2021–present Vice-Dean for Creative Activities and Doctoral Studies — FMK, Tomas Bata University in Zlín
• 2013–present Head of the Animation Studio — FMK, Tomas Bata University in Zlín
• 2012–2019 Česká televize Brno — commissioning editor (dramaturg)
• 2011–present Lecturing activity on a trade license (companies, the public, educational institutions)
• 2011–present Production of audiovisual works on a trade license
• 2012–2013 AniFest International Festival — member of the festival's artistic council
• 2011–2013 Head of the Cabinet of Theoretical Studies — FMK, Tomas Bata University in Zlín
• 2010–2016 FILMART, Archdiocesan Museum Olomouc — commissioning editor and head of the film club
• 2010–2015 Jan Melvil Publishing s.r.o. — editor-in-chief of the website Mitvsehotovo.cz
• 2010 AniFest International Festival — commissioning editor (dramaturg)
• 2009–present Academic staff member — FMK, Tomas Bata University in Zlín
• 2009–2012 Zlín Film School — teacher
• 2009–2010 Leading film seminars — Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc
• 2009 TV Barrandov — commissioning editor and producer of the weekly newsreel Profilm
• 2008–2010 Kulturní noviny A2 — reviewer
• 2006–2009 Online film magazine 25fps — editor-in-chief
• 2006–2009 Pastiche Filmz, Palacký University Olomouc — commissioning editor and head of the film club

Membership of expert organizations

• 2025–present Member of the Council for the Support of Animation and Video Games — State Fund for Audiovisual Culture
• 2022–2025 Council member — State Cinematography Fund
• 2017–2022 Expert member — State Cinematography Fund
• 2017–2023 Member of the presidium — Animated Film Council

Membership of bodies

• member: Artistic Council of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications
• member: Field Board (Oborová rada) of the doctoral program Multimedia and Design

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Creative activities

Publications

Project outputs

Other publications

GRANTS AND PROJECTS

• 2025–2028 ESF+ POKROK: Enhancing Pedagogical Competencies in the Digital Age (co-investigator)
• 2025 Visegrad Fund: V4 Student Forum 2025 (principal investigator)
• 2021–2023 FSR UTB: Well-being of Generation Alpha after COVID-19 (co-investigator)
• 2020–2022 TA ČR: Use of VR in Art – the World of Karel Zeman (principal investigator)
• 2020–2022 TA ČR: Commercialization at UTB in Zlín II (co-investigator)
• 2020–2023 IKAROS — UTB (co-investigator)
• 2017–2022 UTB Strategic Project (co-investigator)
• 2014–2015 Center for the Support of Science Education – lab for children of the Zlín Region (co-investigator)
• 2011 FRVŠ: Textual Analysis of Animated Works in Teaching Animated Filmmaking (principal investigator)

CREATIVE ARTISTIC ACTIVITY

Literature

• VAŠKOVÁ, Jana; SOUKALOVÁ, Radomila and GREGOR, Lukáš. Nezapomeň na nohy. Brno: Host, 2023. ISBN 978-80-275-1588-2.
• Dramaturgy and Production
• 2024 Dramaturgy — feature-length animated film Pyšná princezna
• 2024 Dramaturgy — short animated film Ahoj, léto!
• 2021 Dramaturgy and production — Radioterapie na Žlutém kopci
• 2021–2022 Production of animated inserts — children’s program Medvídkova poradna (ČT:D, 41 episodes)
• 2020–2021 Dramaturgy and production — series of videos for the RSJ Foundation (thoughtful children)
• 2019 Dramaturgy and production — videos for the publisher Albatrosmedia a.s.

PUBLICATIONS

• Scholarly monographs
• GREGOR, Lukáš. Víc než jen příběh v americkém rodinném animovaném filmu [More Than Just a Story in American Family Animated Film]. 1st edition. Zlín: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, 2026. ISBN 978‑80‑7678‑397‑3.
• JANÍKOVÁ, Jana and Lukáš GREGOR. Ateliér Hermíny Týrlové [The Studio of Hermína Týrlová]. Zlín: UTB in Zlín, 2016. ISBN 9788074545931.
• GREGOR, Lukáš. Vzhůru do nekonečna a ještě dál! Poetika studia Pixar [To Infinity and Beyond! The Poetics of Pixar Studio]. Zlín: VeRBuM, 2013. ISBN 978-80-87500-43-9.
• GREGOR, Lukáš. Typologie a chování postav v animovaných filmech WDC, II. díl – Studio Pixar [Typology and Behavior of Characters in WDC Animated Films, Part II – Studio Pixar]. VeRBuM, 2013.
• GREGOR, Lukáš. Typologie a chování postav v animovaných filmech WDC, I. část [Typology and Behavior of Characters in WDC Animated Films, Part I]. VeRBuM, 2011.

Chapters in scholarly books

• GREGOR, Lukáš. Gesto viděné i skryté, svazující i s léčivou silou [The Gesture Seen and Hidden, Binding and Healing]. Gesta síly: šestero odstínů moci v umění a designu = Gestures of power: six shades of power in art and design. Zlín: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, 2023, pp. 181-207. ISBN 978-80-7678-050-7.
• ŠVIRÁKOVÁ, Eva et al. Chaos a řád v projektovém managementu a marketingových komunikacích [Chaos and Order in Project Management and Marketing Communications]. 1st ed. Zlín: VeRBuM, 2013. 127 pp. ISBN 978-80-87500-46-0.
• GREGOR, Lukáš. Několik poznámek k ukázkové nekoncepčnosti dramaturgie ve filmu Kozí příběh: Pověsti staré Prahy [A Few Remarks on the Exemplary Lack of Dramaturgical Concept in the Film Kozí příběh: Pověsti staré Prahy]. Současný český a slovenský film: pluralita estetických, kulturních a ideových konceptů. 1st ed. Olomouc: Palacký University Olomouc, 2010, pp. 185-198. ISBN 978-80-244-2605-1.

Peer-reviewed studies

• GREGOR, Lukáš. Smrt v animovaných filmech pro děti [Death in Animated Films for Children]. In Kino-Ikon, 2023, vol. 27, no. 53, pp. 59–71. ISSN 1335-1893.