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
- Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory as Self
- The Music of Zdeněk Liška 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 ... (Director)
- Les Chimères des Švankmajer as Self
1996
- Conspirators of Pleasure ... (Director)
- Food ... (Director)
1994
- Faust ... (Director)
1992
- The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer as Himself
1991
- The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia ... (Director)
1990
- Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague as Himself
- Darkness, Light, Darkness ... (Director)
1989
- Animated Self-Portraits ... (Writer)
- Meat Love ... (Director)
- Flora ... (Director)
1988
- Virile Games ... (Director)
- Alice ... (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)
- The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope ... (Director)
- Down to the Cellar ... (Director)
1982
- Ferat Vampire ... (Special Props)
- The Fall of the House of Usher ... (Director)
1981
- The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians ... (Special Props)
- Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci ... (Title Designer)
- Visitors from the Galaxy ... (Art Direction)
1980
- Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem ... (Art Direction)
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
- Don Juan ... (Director)
- A Quiet Week in the House ... (Director)
1968
- The Flat ... (Director)
- The Garden ... (Director)
- Picnic with Weismann ... (Director)
1967
- Et cetera ... (Director)
- Natural History Suite ... (Director)
- Man and Technology ... (Director)
1966
- Punch and Judy ... (Director)
1965
- A Game with Stones ... (Director)
- J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor ... (Director)
1964
- The Last Trick ... (Story)