Slovak film director Juraj Jakubisko dies at 84

Slovak filmmaker Juraj Jakubisko (Katerina Sulova/CTK/AP)

Slovak filmmaker Juraj Jakubisko, who was named the best director of the 20th century in his country, has died aged 84.

Jakubisko died shortly before midnight on Friday in the Czech capital, Prague, where he had lived with his family since the 1993 split of Czechoslovakia, his daughter Janette told Slovak public radio and television.