Known For
Writing
Born
Mar 28, 1936
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Credits
110 titles
Zdeněk Svěrák
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936 in Prague) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies. Among his film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award), both directed by his son Jan Svěrák. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak, he created the fictional personality (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher) Jára Cimrman who won the voting for The Greatest Czech in 2005 (only the fact that Cimrman is fictional prevented him from actually winning). Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization Paraple (in English, "Umbrella") which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.
Known For
Filmography
Neviditeľný Jan Gogola
Self
Zdeněk Svěrák 90
Cimrmani zblízka
Kouzelný kopec
Self
Perspektiva Ivana Mládka
Self
Léta s Jaromírem Hanzlíkem
Self
Prince Mama's Boy
Script Supervisor
Chinaski: Každej ví kulový
Self
Bethlehem Light
Karel Šejnoha
Minišou Karla Šípa
Self
My Freedom
Director
Psaní do nebe
Barefoot
Headmaster
Operky
Three Brothers
Vypravěč
Zpátky se Sobotou
Self (archive footage)
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
Self
Fimfarum - To the good of all
Original Music Composer
Nepřítelem osudu
Narrator
Kooky
Hergot (voice)
Láska rohatá
Lyricist
Czech Heaven
Jan Ámos Komenský
Anatomie gagu
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
Long, Broad and Nearsight
Clever-eyesighted
The Conquest of the North Pole
Teaching Assistant
Empties
Josef Tkaloun
Cimrman in the World of Music
colonel "Colonel"
StarDance
Special Judge
Největší Čech
Zdeněk Svěrák
Pocta V+W
Self
Daddy
Self
Kam zmizel ten starý song
Self
Africa
Dr. Emil Žába
Já a moji synové...
Self
Dark Blue World
Screenplay
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
Teacher
The Nude
Dr. Turnovský
Cimrmani
Self
The Stand In
Vavroch
Plum Tree
Writer
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
vypravěč
Dvě z policejní brašny
Writer
Posel z Liptákova
Writer
Lijavec
Inspektor starobinců
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
Physician
Blaník
Writer
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
Writer
Pub in the Glade
Taverner
Kolya
František Louka