Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 04, 1934
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Credits
62 titles
Jan Švankmajer
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jan Švankmajer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj
Self
Kunstkamera
Self
Alchemical Furnace
Himself
Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting
Himself
Insect
Director
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
Self
Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory
Self
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
Director
Kikoe
Golden Sixties
Self
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Director
Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films
Director
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
Director
Lunacy
Director
The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer
Director
Les Chimères des Švankmajer
Self
Little Otik
Screenplay
Conspirators of Pleasure
Director
Food
Director
Faust
Director
The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer
Himself
The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
Director
Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague
Himself
Darkness, Light, Darkness
Director
Animated Self-Portraits
Writer
Meat Love
Director
Flora
Director
Alice
Author
Virile Games
Director
Scalpel, Please
Art Direction
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
Art Direction
The Three Veterans
Art Direction
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
The Visitors
Animation
Down to the Cellar
Director
The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
Director
Dimensions of Dialogue
Director
The Fall of the House of Usher
Director
Ferat Vampire
Special Props
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Special Props
Visitors from the Galaxy
Art Direction
Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci
Title Designer
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
Title Designer
The Ninth Heart
Art Direction
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Art Designer
Castle of Otranto
Director
Leonardo's Diary
Director
Moje první benefice
Art Direction
Jabberwocky
Director
The Ossuary
Director