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Jan Svankmajer

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After studying at the Institute of Industrial Arts and the Marionette Faculty of the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in the 1950s, Jan Svankmajer started working as a theatre director, chiefly in association with the Theatre of Masks and the Black Theatre. He first experimented with film-making after becoming involved with the mixed-media productions of Prague's Lanterna Magika Theatre... See full bio »

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in Prague, Czechoslovakia. [now Czech Republic]
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2010 Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
 
2006 Cinema16: European Short Films (video) (segment: Jabberwocky)
 
2005 Lunacy
 
2003 The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer: The Early Years Vol. 1 (video)
 
2003 The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer: The Later Years Vol. 2 (video)
 
2000 Greedy Guts
 
1996 Conspirators of Pleasure
 
1994 Lesson Faust
 
1993 Jídlo (short)
 
1991 The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (short)
 
1990 Darkness Light Darkness (short)
 
1989 Animated Self-Portraits (short)
 
1989 Flora (short)
 
1989 Meat Love (short)
 
1988 Alice
 
1988 Another Kind of Love (short)
 
1988 The Male Game (short)
 
1984 Kyvadlo, jáma a nadeje (short)
 
1983 Dimensions of Dialogue (short)
 
1983 Do pivnice (short)
 
1982 Zánik domu Usheru (short)
 
1977 Castle of Otranto (short)
 
1972 Leonarduv denik (short)
 
1971 Zvahlav aneb Saticky Slameného Huberta (short)
 
1970 Don Sajn (short)
 
1970 Kostnice (documentary short)
 
1969 Tichý týden v dome (short)
 
1968 Rakvickarna (short)
 
1968 Byt (short)
 
1968 Picknick mit Weismann (short)
 
1968 Zahrada (short)
 
1967 Historia Naturae, Suita (short)
 
1966 Et Cetera (short)
 
1965 Hra s kameny (short)
 
1965 Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia G-moll (short)
 
1964 Poslední trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (34 titles)
2010 Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (screenplay)
 
2005 Lunacy
 
2003 The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer: The Early Years Vol. 1 (video) (writer)
 
2003 The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer: The Later Years Vol. 2 (video) (writer)
 
2000 Greedy Guts (screenplay / story)
 
1996 Conspirators of Pleasure
 
1994 Lesson Faust
 
1993 Jídlo (short) (writer)
 
1991 The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (short)
 
1990 Darkness Light Darkness (short)
 
1989 Flora (short) (writer)
 
1989 Meat Love (short) (writer)
 
1988 Alice (writer)
 
1988 Another Kind of Love (short) (writer)
 
1988 The Male Game (short) (writer)
 
1984 Kyvadlo, jáma a nadeje (short)
 
1983 Dimensions of Dialogue (short) (writer)
 
1983 Do pivnice (short) (writer)
 
1982 Zánik domu Usheru (short)
 
1977 Castle of Otranto (short)
 
1972 Leonarduv denik (short)
 
1971 Zvahlav aneb Saticky Slameného Huberta (short)
 
1970 Don Sajn (short)
 
1970 Kostnice (documentary short)
 
1969 Tichý týden v dome (short) (writer)
 
1968 Rakvickarna (short) (writer)
 
1968 Byt (short) (writer)
 
1968 Picknick mit Weismann (short) (writer)
 
1968 Zahrada (short) (writer)
 
1967 Historia Naturae, Suita (short)
 
1966 Et Cetera (short)
 
1965 Hra s kameny (short)
 
1965 Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia G-moll (short)
 
1964 Poslední trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara (short)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (27 titles)
2010 Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
 
2005 Lunacy
 
2000 Greedy Guts
 
1994 Lesson Faust
 
1993 Jídlo (short)
 
1991 The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (short)
 
1990 Darkness Light Darkness (short)
 
1989 Flora (short)
 
1989 Meat Love (short)
 
1988 Alice
 
1988 Another Kind of Love (short)
 
1988 The Male Game (short)
 
1984 Kyvadlo, jáma a nadeje (short)
 
1983 Dimensions of Dialogue (short)
 
1982 Zánik domu Usheru (short)
 
1977 Castle of Otranto (short)
 
1971 Zvahlav aneb Saticky Slameného Huberta (short)
 
1970 Don Sajn (short)
 
1970 Kostnice (documentary short)
 
1969 Tichý týden v dome (short)
 
1968 Rakvickarna (short)
 
1968 Picknick mit Weismann (short)
 
1967 Historia Naturae, Suita (short)
 
1966 Et Cetera (short)
 
1965 Hra s kameny (short)
 
1965 Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia G-moll (short)
 
1964 Poslední trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara (short)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (7 titles)
1984 Three Veterans (animator)
 
1983 The Visitors (TV series) (animator - 15 episodes)
– Akce: Sesit 1 (1983) (animator)
– Génius v hladomorne (1983) (animator)
– Hlavne nenápadne (1983) (animator)
– Návrat do budoucnosti (1983) (animator)
– Návstevníci pricházejí (1983) (animator)
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1982 Zánik domu Usheru (short) (animator)
 
1978 Adéla jeste nevecerela (animator)
 
1970 Don Sajn (short) (animator)
 
1968 Picknick mit Weismann (short) (animator)
 
1965 Hra s kameny (short) (animator)
 
Show ShowArt Department (4 titles)
1996 Conspirators of Pleasure (set designer)
 
1987 Teta (TV series) (art collaboration - 7 episodes)
– Die Hochzeit (1987) (art collaboration)
– Das Automobil (1987) (art collaboration)
– Der Salonlöwe (1987) (art collaboration)
– Die Wiege (1987) (art collaboration)
– Die Braut (1987) (art collaboration)
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1983 The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (special props designer)
 
1978 Deváté srdce (artistic collaborator)
 
Show ShowCostume Designer (2 titles)
Show ShowArt Director (2 titles)
Show ShowVisual Effects (2 titles)
1981 Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy (Mumu-monster designer)
 
1978 Deváté srdce (visual effects)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2000 Greedy Guts (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2007 Imagination (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2010 Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
Himself
 
2009 Kikoe (documentary)
 
2009 Presit svuj sen (Oralne variacie na sen/film Jana Svankmajera) (documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Lunacy
Himself
 
2003 The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer: The Later Years Vol. 2 (video)
Himself
 
1995 L'amour fou - Ludvík Sváb (documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Dogs Walk, Fish Talk, and the Baron Jumps Over the Moon (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 The Animator of Prague (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1988) Directed the music video for Hugh Cornwell's "Another Kind of Love".

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Father of Václav Svankmajer. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo