Jan Švankmajer
51 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Sep 4, 1934 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- Also known as
- Jan Svankmajer · ヤン・シュヴァンクマイエル · 杨·史云梅耶
Biography
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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.
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Profiles IMDb
Known for
Jan Švankmajer: movies and TV shows
Acting (2)
- 2009
- 1984
Behind the camera (51)
- 2022 Kunstkamera
Director, Writer
- 2018 Insect
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 2010 Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
Director, Production Design, Screenplay
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005 Lunacy
Director, Screenplay, Production Design
- 2003
- 2001 Little Otik
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Costume Design, Art Direction
- 1996 Conspirators of Pleasure
Director, Art Direction, Producer, Story, Screenplay, Costume Design
- 1996 Food
Director, Writer, Production Design
- 1994 Faust
Director, Art Direction, Screenplay, Story
- 1991 The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
Director, Art Direction, Writer
- 1990 Darkness, Light, Darkness
Director, Story, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 1989 Animated Self-Portraits
Writer, Director
- 1989 Meat Love
Director, Art Direction, Writer
- 1989 Flora
Director, Art Direction, Writer
- 1988 Alice
Director, Author, Production Design, Writer
- 1988 Virile Games
Director, Story, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 1986 Scalpel, Please
Art Direction
- 1985 Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
Art Direction, Animation
- 1984 The Three Veterans
Art Direction, Animation
- 1983
- 1983 Down to the Cellar
Director, Story, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 1983 The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
Director, Story, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 1983 Dimensions of Dialogue
Director, Story, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 1982 The Fall of the House of Usher
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 1982 Ferat Vampire
Special Props
- 1981 The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Special Props
- 1981 Visitors from the Galaxy
Art Direction
- 1981 Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci
Title Designer
- 1980 Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
Art Direction, Title Designer
- 1979 The Ninth Heart
Art Direction, Title Designer
- 1978 Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Art Designer, Animation
- 1977 Castle of Otranto
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1972 Leonardo's Diary
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1972 Moje první benefice
Art Direction
- 1971 Jabberwocky
Director, Art Direction, Writer
- 1970 The Ossuary
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1969 A Quiet Week in the House
Director, Art Direction, Story, Screenplay
- 1969 Don Juan
Director, Screenplay
- 1968 The Garden
Director, Screenplay
- 1968 Picnic with Weismann
Director, Writer, Editor
- 1968 The Flat
Director, Story, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 1967 Natural History Suite
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction, Story
- 1967 Et cetera
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 1967 Man and Technology
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- 1966 Punch and Judy
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 1965 A Game with Stones
Director, Writer
- 1965 J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor
Director, Story, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 1964 The Last Trick
Story, Screenplay, Art Direction, Director
Talk shows and appearances (9)
- 2023
- 2020
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2009 Golden Sixties
1 episode
- 2001
- 1992
- 1990