1 9 6 9 , ▁he ▁wrote ▁his ▁debut ▁as ▁a ▁screen writer ▁ ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 4 ▁and ▁soon ▁after ▁screen play ▁for ▁seven - part ▁serial ▁fair y ▁tales ▁" F air y ▁T ales ▁from ▁Old ▁Forest " ▁( co - author ▁Jur aj ▁Bern á th ▁for ▁ST V ▁Ko š ice ). ▁ ▁He ▁then ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁study ▁film ▁direct ing ▁at ▁All ▁States ▁Institute ▁( now ▁Ger as im ov ▁Institute ▁of ▁Cin emat ography ) ▁in ▁Moscow ▁under ▁Roman ▁Kar men . ▁ ▁is ▁after ▁his ▁grand father , ▁art ▁car p enter ▁Edu ard ▁Kal m á ry . ▁E . ▁Kal m á ry ▁was ▁a ▁chief ▁manager ▁of ▁water ▁saw mill ▁in ▁Rem et ské ▁H ám re , ▁East ▁Slov ak ia , ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁V ander b ilt ▁family . ▁ ▁He ▁directed ▁and ▁wrote ▁scenarios ▁for ▁Film ▁Studio ▁Kol iba , ▁Slov ak ▁Television ▁() ▁and ▁ ▁( The ▁Short ▁Film ▁of ▁Prag ue ) ▁D ude ▁on ▁the ▁Road ▁st arring ▁Peter ▁Ko č iš . ▁His ▁work ▁includes ▁full ▁feature ▁films , ▁TV ▁plays , ▁TV ▁series , ▁document aries , ▁educational ▁mov ies ▁and ▁cart o ons . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁n inet ies , ▁Mak ara ' s ▁work ▁has ▁focused ▁on ▁human ▁rights ▁and ▁anti - d rug ▁multi - media ▁campaign s . ▁His ▁project ▁" T ol er ation " ▁( 1 9 9 5 – 1 9