Known For
Writing
Born
Dec 24, 1917
Died
Jun 02, 1982
Credits
83 titles
Jiří Brdečka
Biography
Jiří Brdečka (24 December 1917 – 2 June 1982) was a Czech writer, artist, and film director. Brdečka was born in Hranice (then in Austria-Hungary) to a literary family, as his father, Otakar Brdečka (1881 – 1930), was a writer under the pseudonym Alfa. Brdečka studied philosophy and aesthetics at Charles University in Prague until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia forced the closing of the school in 1939. He then became an administrative clerk at the Prague Municipal Museum and found occasional work as a newspaper journalist and cartoonist. He worked as a press agent for the studio Lucernafilm from summer 1941 to the end of 1942. In 1943 Brdečka took a job as an animator, and by 1949 he was working as a film director and screenwriter at Barrandov Studios. He began directing animated films on his own in 1958. In addition to his film work he also worked as a journalist, a film critic and a novelist. Brdečka's work is marked by its droll intellectual humor, often featuring an extensive use of hyperbole, satire, and literary illusions.
Known For
Filmography
Universum Brdečka
Himself (archive footage)
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun
Book
The Three Veterans
Story
Das Feuer des Faust
Writer
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Story
An Unhappy Marriage
Writer
The Outlaw's Wife
Director
Unrecognized
Director
Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber
Director
Prince and the Evening Star
Screenplay
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Love
Writer
The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze
Director
Closed Due to Illness
Writer
What I Haven't Told the Prince
Director
Accordion Song
Director
The Miner's Rose
Screenplay
The Unlucky One
Director
The Face
Screenplay
The Stolen Battle
Dramaturgy
Straw Hat
Dramaturgy
There Was a Miller on a River
Director
How Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser
Writer
Prague Nights
Story
Metamorpheus
Director
Historie blechatého psa
Short Story
Revenge
Director
The Power of Destiny
Writer
Why Do You Smile, Mona Lisa?
Writer
Forester’s Song
Director
Joy of Love
Screenplay
The Deserter
Writer
Lemonade Joe
Screenplay
Minstrel's Song
Director
How to Keep Slim
Director
When the Cat Comes
Screenplay
Spanilá jízda
The King of Kings
Dramaturgy
Incorrectly Drawn Hen
Director
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Screenplay
Ceiling
The Frozen Logger
Director
Reason and Emotion
Writer
Our Little Red Riding Hood
Director
The Television Fan
Writer
Man Under Water
Director
That Kind of Love
Screenplay
My Darling Clementine
Director
Why UNESCO?
Screenplay
Warning!
Writer