Jan Švankmajer
Born: 1934-09-04 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934) is a Czech surrealist artist and filmmaker. His work spans several media. He is known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jan Švankmajer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2023
- Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj as Self
2022
- Kunstkamera as Self
2020
- Alchemical Furnace as Himself
2018
- Insect ... (Director)
- Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting as Himself
2017
- The Music of Zdeněk Liška as Self
- Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory as Self
2010
- Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) ... (Director)
2009
- Golden Sixties as Self
- Kikoe
2007
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) ... (Director)
- Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films ... (Director)
2006
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) ... (Director)
2005
- Lunacy ... (Director)
2003
- The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer ... (Director)
2001
- Little Otik ... (Screenplay)
- Les Chimères des Švankmajer as Self
1996
- Food ... (Director)
- Conspirators of Pleasure ... (Director)
1994
- Faust ... (Director)
1992
- The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer as Himself
1991
- The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia ... (Director)
1990
- Darkness, Light, Darkness ... (Director)
- Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague as Himself
1989
- Animated Self-Portraits ... (Writer)
- Meat Love ... (Director)
- Flora ... (Director)
1988
- Alice ... (Author)
- Virile Games ... (Director)
- Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love ... (Director)
1986
- Scalpel, Please ... (Art Direction)
1985
- Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval ... (Art Direction)
1984
- The Three Veterans ... (Art Direction)
- The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
1983
- The Visitors ... (Animation)
- Dimensions of Dialogue ... (Director)
- Down to the Cellar ... (Director)
- The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope ... (Director)
1982
- Ferat Vampire ... (Special Props)
- The Fall of the House of Usher ... (Director)
1981
- The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians ... (Special Props)
- Visitors from the Galaxy ... (Art Direction)
- Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci ... (Title Designer)
1980
- Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem ... (Title Designer)
1979
- The Ninth Heart ... (Art Direction)
1978
- Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet ... (Art Designer)
1977
- Castle of Otranto ... (Director)
1972
- Moje první benefice ... (Art Direction)
- Leonardo's Diary ... (Director)
1971
- Jabberwocky ... (Director)
1970
- The Ossuary ... (Director)
1969
- A Quiet Week in the House ... (Director)
- Don Juan ... (Director)
1968
- The Garden ... (Director)
- The Flat ... (Director)
- Picnic with Weismann ... (Director)
1967
- Natural History Suite ... (Director)
- Et cetera ... (Director)
- Man and Technology ... (Editor)
1966
- Punch and Judy ... (Director)
1965
- J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor ... (Director)
- A Game with Stones ... (Director)
1964
- The Last Trick ... (Art Direction)