Břetislav Pojar
78 movies · 4 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Oct 7, 1923
- Died
- Oct 12, 2012 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Susice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- Also known as
- Bretislav Pojar · Бржетислав Пояр
Biography
Břetislav Pojar (7 October 1923 – 12 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator, and director of short and feature films.
Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on The Story of the Bass Cello (1949) based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka. Pojar served as a puppeteer under his mentor Trnka.
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Pojar compiled an extensive body of work as a director and animator in Czechoslovakia, where he made films in both puppet animation to the more common stop motion animation.
In the mid-1960s, Pojar emigrated to Canada, where he began a long collaboration with the National Film Board. His Canadian work is some of his best known and has won awards at prestigious international film festivals. His film To See or Not to See (Psychocratie) won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year in 1970.
Pojar's work is characterized by strong social commentary, such as in Balablok, where armies of small circle- and square-shaped beings war with each other until they are all wounded into indistinguishable shapes. Often, Pojar's shorts contain little or no spoken dialogue.
In the mid-2000s, Pojar moved back to the Czech film business in order to co-direct the collaborative animated feature film Fimfárum 2 (based on the stories of Jan Werich), which was released in 2006.
Pojar died in Prague at the age of 89 in 2012.
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Profiles IMDb
Known for
Břetislav Pojar: movies and TV shows
Acting (1)
- 2008
Behind the camera (81)
- Upcoming Jak si zarídit byt
Director
- 2016 Narco Blues
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 2016 Pojar dětem
Director
- 2016 The Christmas Ballad
Story
- 2015 Tom Thumb’s Journey
Director
- 2011 Car Fairy Tales
Director, Screenplay, Editor
- 2006 Mr. and Mr.
Director, Writer
- 2006 Fimfarum 2
Director, Screenplay
- 2003 Winter Days
Director
- 2000 The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
Director
- 1997 Dancing on the Moon
Animation Director
- 1996 Children First!
Director
- 1995 Pourquoi?
Director
- 1994 Overdose
Script
- 1994 Mouseology
Director, Animation
- 1991 The Flying Sneaker
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
- 1988 The Bear
Animation
- 1987
- 1987 From step to progress
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1986 Nightangel
Director
- 1981 'E'
Director
- 1981 If...
Director
- 1979 BOOOM
Director
- 1979
- 1977 How to Catch a Tiger
Screenplay, Director
- 1977 Whale, Elahw
Director, Screenplay
- 1977 Of Mice in Tinfoil
Director, Screenplay
- 1976 About the Thick Fog
Screenplay, Director
- 1974 Nazdar kedlubny
Director, Screenplay
- 1974 The Apple Tree Maiden
Director
- 1974
- 1973 Balablok
Director
- 1972 O pardálu který voněl
Director, Screenplay
- 1972 A neříkej mi Vašíku
Director, Screenplay
- 1971 Psí kusy
Director, Screenplay
- 1971 Co to bouchlo?
Director, Screenplay
- 1969 To See or Not to See
Writer, Director
- 1969 Darwin Antidarwin
Director
- 1968 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Went to Sleep
Director, Screenplay
- 1968 Fanfaron, the Little Clown
Director
- 1967 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Hold On to Your Hat
Director, Screenplay
- 1967 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Ate Witty Porridge
Director, Screenplay
- 1967 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Princesses Are Not to Be Sniffed At
Director, Screenplay
- 1966 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How the Bears Went Swimming
Director, Screenplay
- 1966 Hey Mister, Let's Play! How They Met At Kolin
Director, Screenplay
- 1966
- 1964 Lemonade Joe
Art Designer
- 1964 Ideál
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction, Story
- 1963 A Few Words of Introduction
Director
- 1962 Billiard
Director, Story
- 1962 Romance
Director, Screenplay, Animation
- 1961 Painting is for the Cats
Director, Screenplay
- 1961 On a Cat's Word
Director, Screenplay
- 1961 School for Cats
Director, Screenplay
- 1960 The Midnight Adventure
Director, Screenplay
- 1959 The Lion and the Song
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1959 A Midsummer's Night Dream
Animation
- 1959 Bomb Mania
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1957 Paraplíčko
Director, Story, Screenplay, Animation
- 1956 Spejbl on the Trail
Story, Screenplay, Director, Animation
- 1956
- 1956 Glory
Director, Writer
- 1955 Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce
Screenplay, Director
- 1955 Two Little Frosts
Animation
- 1955
- 1955 Kubula a Kuba Kubikula
Animation
- 1954
- 1954 A Drop Too Much
Director, Screenplay
- 1953 Old Czech Legends
Animation
- 1952 Josef Mánes II.
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1952 Veselý kolotoč
Director, Screenplay
- 1951 The Gingerbread House
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1951 Prince Bayaya
Animation
- 1951 Josef Mánes
Director, Screenplay
- 1949 The Emperor's Nightingale
Animation
- 1949 Story of the Bass Cello
Animation
- 1949 Song of the Prairie
Animation
- 1949 The Devil's Mill
Animation
- 1947 The Czech Year
Animation
- 1947 Vodník ve mlýně
Animation
- 1947 Míša Kulička
Animation
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1995 GENUS
1 episode
- 1959