Josef Kokeisl was born on November 10, 1894 in Ceské Budéjovice, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Perníková chaloupka (1927), Dáma z baru (1924) and Parnasie (1925). He died on November 15, 1951 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].