Tereza Brdečková studied at the Prague Film Academy FAMU from 1977 to 1982. She worked as an editor and film critic in the Czech media, at the BBC, and at Radio Suisse romande. In 1992, she was the program director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and later spent many years in leading program positions a festival Febiofest. From 1996 to 2012, she created her own documentary tv program Ještě jsem tady (I'm Still Here) and other documentaries for Czech Television. She is the author of several novels and non-fiction works: Jiří Brdečka (monograph), Jiří Brdečka- Life animation, magic. As a screenwriter, she collaborated with Jan Němec and Jiří Menzel. She wrote the miniseries Bohéma about Czech filmmakers during the Nazi occupation. Her family publishing house, Limonadovy Joe, publishes film literature by Jean Claude Carrière (Telling a Story). She is an associate professor at the Prague Film Academy, where she teaches screenwriting. She has served on many FIPRESCI juries, including Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno, etc.