Jiří Weiss
48 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Mar 29, 1913
- Died
- Apr 9, 2004 (age 91)
- Place of birth
- Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
- Also known as
- Иржи Вайс
Biography
Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue.
Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. His father was a Czech patriot and named his son after Czech king Jiří of Poděbrady.His parents were Emil Weiss (1880–1942) and Martha Weissová (née Fuchsová; 1882–1944). Emil Weiss owned a liqueur factory in Libeň district. Since his youth, Jiří was an staunch communist, which was at the heart of disputes with his capitalist parents. As a young boy he was friends with Franz Kafka's niece Marianne Pollaková and thanks to her he was able to read the books of then-unknown writer Kafka in the 1920s.
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Weiss was interested in studying at film school, but his parents wished he studied law. While still a minor, he left his home and lived with his friend K. M. Walló [cs]. Weiss started to work as a copywriter in advertising. His father, who disagreed with his life choices and could still make decisions about his underage son, had him institutionalized in a mental hospital. Weiss never spoke to his father ever again. In his early twenties, he started working as a copywriter for the Prague branch of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. At this time, he wrote his first book – a story for children O věrné Hadimršce. He befriended leading intellectuals of the Left Front in Prague, including Vladislav Vančura and Ivan Olbracht. In 1934, Vančura invited him to be an assistant cinematographer on his movie Marijka the Faithless, based on Olbracht's book.
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Known for
Jiří Weiss: movies and TV shows
Acting (1)
- 1959 That Kind of Love
as Concert attendant
Behind the camera (49)
- 1990 Martha and I
Director, Screenplay
- 1970 Wie man seinen Gatten los wird
Director
- 1970 Die Herberge
Director, Writer
- 1969 Waterloo
Director
- 1968 Spravedlnost pro Selvina
Screenplay, Director
- 1967 Murder Czech Style
Story, Screenplay, Director
- 1965 90° in the Shade
Screenplay, Director, Story
- 1963 The Golden Fern
Director, Screenplay
- 1963 The King of Kings
Story
- 1963 Promiňte, omyl!
Director, Screenplay
- 1962 The Coward
Screenplay, Director
- 1962
- 1960 Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
Director, Screenplay
- 1959 That Kind of Love
Screenplay, Director
- 1958 Wolf Trap
Screenstory, Story, Director
- 1957 The Girl Robinson Crusoe
Screenplay
- 1956 A Life at Stake
Director, Screenplay
- 1955 Punta and the Four-Leaf Clover
Screenplay, Director
- 1955 Můj přítel Fabián
Screenplay, Director
- 1951 Vstanou noví bojovníci
Creative Producer, Director, Screenstory
- 1951 V trestném území
Creative Producer
- 1951 Days of Joy
Screenplay, Director
- 1950 The Last Shot
Director, Creative Producer
- 1949 Pan Habětín odchází
Creative Producer
- 1949 Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry
Screenplay, Director
- 1949 Píseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí
Screenplay, Director
- 1949 Conscience
Creative Producer
- 1949 Křížová trojka
Creative Producer
- 1948 Wild Beasts
Screenplay, Director
- 1948 O ševci Matoušovi
Creative Producer
- 1948 Ves v pohraničí
Creative Producer
- 1947 Nevíte o bytě?
Creative Producer
- 1947 The Stolen Border
Screenplay, Director
- 1946 People Govern Themselves
Story
- 1945 We Will Remain Faithful
Editor, Director, Screenplay
- 1945 Night and Day
Director
- 1944 Before the Raid
Director
- 1942 100,000,000 Women
Editor, Director
- 1942 The Other RAF
Director
- 1941 John Smith Wakes Up
Director
- 1940 Eternal Prague
Director
- 1940 Who Killed Jack Robins?
Director
- 1939 The Rape of Czechoslovakia
Director
- 1938 Zkrocený živel
Dialogue
- 1938 The Illusion Factory
Director, Screenplay
- 1937 The Sun Shines On The River Lužnicí
Director
- 1937 Song of Ruthenia
Director
- 1936 Dejte nám křídla
Screenplay, Director
- 1934 Marijka the Unfaithful
Camera Trainee, Assistant Director Trainee