About Ivo

IVO BELOHOUBEK, MA

I am an award winning director with 20 years of production experience, combined with journalistic training, campaigning background and academic rigour. I started DoGoodFilms because I believe in filmmaking with a purpose. At DoGoodFilms, we help tell stories that matter, make impact and inspire change.

Whether you are a humanitarian NGO, climate justice campaigner, development organization or a company that strives to make a difference, we want to help you tell your story.

Here is mine:

I was born during the communist rule in what was then Czechoslovakia. As I child I witnessed first-hand the injustice communist regime inflicted upon my family and my country. Being at the right place and right time, I was barely a teen when the iron curtain collapsed in 1989 and one by one, countries rose up against dictatorship and injustice. Something amazing has happened: Freedom.

My generation was brought up in communism, energized by a revolution and then confused by globalization. For me this was a gift that turned it into a life long passion. I campaigned against poverty, marched against the Washington Consensus, screamed on top of my lungs about the dangers of climate change. I wrote articles for environmental magazines and hosted dialogue between global adversaries for the Czech President Vaclav Havel’s Forum 2000 Foundation.

My passion turned into scholarly research at the University of Arkansas and the Prague Global Policy Institute, where I focused on media and the global civil society. Later, I joined Green Party, we attempted to inject new values into our political landscape.

When I learnt the language of film, I realized this was a very powerful tool for social change. I have criss crossed the globe more times than I can count telling stories from remote communities, natural disasters, humanitarian crises and stood in awe of the amazing work humanitarians are doing. I love telling positive stories about solutions and innovations that make the world a better place. I love finding people whose lives embody the complex problems around them and telling their stories. If you are making a difference, I would love to work with you!