Schorm was a film and theater director, screenwriter and actor as well as a member of the Czech new wave. After the Communists confiscated his family’s estate, his parents and he moved closer to Prague and he began to work as a construction worker. In 1956, he was accepted to FAMU in Prague, where he graduated in directing in 1963. He began his career in the film studio making short and documentary films. He made his feature film debut in 1964 with the drama Kazdy den odvahu (1964). After several more short and documentary film, he directed the drama Návrat ztraceného syna (1967). During the 1960’s, which was his most productive period, he directed dramas Pet holek na krku (1967) and Den sedmý, osmá noc (1969) as well as the comedy Faráruv konec (1969). Soon he became politically ill-suited and worked mostly in theatre. He worked with many theatre groups and directed operas in Prague and abroad. In 1982, he directed the play Brothers Karamazov for the Malo kazalište Trešnja in Zagreb. He worked as a professor at FAMU from 1964 to 1970. Some of his last films are Psi a lidé (1971) and Vlastne se nic nestalo (1989).