Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 10, 1935
Died
Oct 24, 2001
Place of Birth
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]
Credits
44 titles
Jaromil Jireš
Biography
Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".
Known For
Filmography
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Self
Golden Sixties
Self (archive footage)
Double Role
Director
Učitel tance
Director
GENUS
Writer
Zvláštní schopnosti
Muž s rakví
Helimadoe
Director
Labyrinth
Director
Jestřábí moudrost
Screenplay
Antonín Dvořák
Writer
Rakovina vůle
Director
Naděje má hluboké dno
Director
O Háderunovi a víle Elóře
Director
Lion with a White Mane
Director
Věčný Faust
Screenplay
Extended Time
Director
Katapult
Director
O labuti
Director
Incomplete Eclipse
Director
Opera ve vinici
Screenplay
Escape Home
Director
Payment in Kind
Director
The Young Man and Moby Dick
Screenplay
Zápisník zmizelého
Director
Flying Saucers Over Our Village
Director
The Island of the Silver Herons
Director
People from the Subway
Screenplay
Královský gambit
Screenplay
Il Divino Boemo
Story
Kasař
Story
And Give My Love to the Swallows
Director
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Screenplay
The Joke
Screenplay
Don Juan 68
Screenplay
An Occasion to Speak
Self
Pearls of the Deep
Screenplay
Srub
Director
The Cry
Screenplay
The Hall of Lost Steps
Director
The Dynamite Watcher
Director
Footprints
Director
Uncle
Writer
A Box of Film
Self
Hra na krále
Director