Jan Švankmajer

male

Born on September 04, 1934 (91 years old)

From Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Known for Directing

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.

Cast Credits

2023
- Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj
  as
  Self
  2023
2022
- Kunstkamera
  as
  Self
  2022
2020
- Alchemical Furnace
  as
  Himself
  2020
2018
- Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting
  as
  Himself
  2018
2017
- no image
  The Music of Zdeněk Liška
  as
  Self
  2017
- Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory
  as
  Self
  2017
2009
- Kikoe
  2009
- no image
  Golden Sixties
  as
  Self
  2009
2001
- Les Chimères des Švankmajer
  as
  Self
  2001
1992
- no image
  The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer
  as
  Himself
  1992
1990
- no image
  Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague
  as
  Himself
  1990
1984
- The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
  1984

Crew Credits

2022
- Kunstkamera
  as
  Writer
  2022
- Kunstkamera
  as
  Director
  2022
2018
- Insect
  as
  Director
  2018
- Insect
  as
  Screenplay
  2018
- Insect
  as
  Art Direction
  2018
2010
- Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
  as
  Director
  2010
- Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
  as
  Production Design
  2010
- Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
  as
  Screenplay
  2010
2007
- Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films
  as
  Director
  2007
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
  as
  Director
  2007
2006
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
  as
  Director
  2006
2005
- Lunacy
  as
  Director
  2005
- Lunacy
  as
  Screenplay
  2005
- Lunacy
  as
  Production Design
  2005
2003
- The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer
  as
  Director
  2003
2001
- Little Otik
  as
  Screenplay
  2001
- Little Otik
  as
  Story
  2001
- Little Otik
  as
  Director
  2001
- Little Otik
  as
  Producer
  2001
- Little Otik
  as
  Costume Design
  2001
- Little Otik
  as
  Art Direction
  2001
1996
- Food
  as
  Director
  1996
- Conspirators of Pleasure
  as
  Director
  1996
- Conspirators of Pleasure
  as
  Art Direction
  1996
- Food
  as
  Writer
  1996
- Food
  as
  Production Design
  1996
- Conspirators of Pleasure
  as
  Producer
  1996
- Conspirators of Pleasure
  as
  Story
  1996
- Conspirators of Pleasure
  as
  Screenplay
  1996
- Conspirators of Pleasure
  as
  Costume Design
  1996
1994
- Faust
  as
  Director
  1994
- Faust
  as
  Art Direction
  1994
- Faust
  as
  Screenplay
  1994
- Faust
  as
  Story
  1994
1991
- The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
  as
  Director
  1991
- The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
  as
  Art Direction
  1991
- The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
  as
  Writer
  1991
1990
- Darkness, Light, Darkness
  as
  Director
  1990
- Darkness, Light, Darkness
  as
  Screenplay
  1990
- Darkness, Light, Darkness
  as
  Story
  1990
- Darkness, Light, Darkness
  as
  Art Direction
  1990
1989
- Meat Love
  as
  Director
  1989
- Flora
  as
  Director
  1989
- Meat Love
  as
  Art Direction
  1989
- Flora
  as
  Art Direction
  1989
- Animated Self-Portraits
  as
  Writer
  1989
- Animated Self-Portraits
  as
  Director
  1989
- Meat Love
  as
  Writer
  1989
- Flora
  as
  Writer
  1989
1988
- Alice
  as
  Author
  1988
- Alice
  as
  Director
  1988
- Virile Games
  as
  Director
  1988
- Virile Games
  as
  Art Direction
  1988
- Virile Games
  as
  Story
  1988
- Virile Games
  as
  Screenplay
  1988
- Alice
  as
  Production Design
  1988
- Alice
  as
  Writer
  1988
- Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love
  as
  Director
  1988
- Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love
  as
  Writer
  1988
- Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love
  as
  Production Design
  1988
1986
- Scalpel, Please
  as
  Art Direction
  1986
1985
- no image
  Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
  as
  Art Direction
  1985
- no image
  Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
  as
  Animation
  1985
1984
- The Three Veterans
  as
  Art Direction
  1984
- The Three Veterans
  as
  Animation
  1984
1983
- Dimensions of Dialogue
  as
  Director
  1983
- The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
  as
  Director
  1983
- Down to the Cellar
  as
  Director
  1983
- Dimensions of Dialogue
  as
  Story
  1983
- Dimensions of Dialogue
  as
  Screenplay
  1983
- Dimensions of Dialogue
  as
  Art Direction
  1983
- Down to the Cellar
  as
  Screenplay
  1983
- Down to the Cellar
  as
  Story
  1983
- The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
  as
  Screenplay
  1983
- Down to the Cellar
  as
  Art Direction
  1983
- The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
  as
  Art Direction
  1983
- The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
  as
  Story
  1983
- The Visitors
  as
  Animation
  1983
1982
- The Fall of the House of Usher
  as
  Director
  1982
- The Fall of the House of Usher
  as
  Screenplay
  1982
- The Fall of the House of Usher
  as
  Art Direction
  1982
- Ferat Vampire
  as
  Special Props
  1982
1981
- Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci
  as
  Title Designer
  1981
- Visitors from the Galaxy
  as
  Art Direction
  1981
- The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
  as
  Special Props
  1981
1980
- Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
  as
  Title Designer
  1980
- Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
  as
  Art Direction
  1980
1979
- The Ninth Heart
  as
  Art Direction
  1979
- The Ninth Heart
  as
  Title Designer
  1979
1978
- Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
  as
  Art Designer
  1978
- Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
  as
  Animation
  1978
1977
- Castle of Otranto
  as
  Director
  1977
- Castle of Otranto
  as
  Story
  1977
- Castle of Otranto
  as
  Screenplay
  1977
1972
- Leonardo's Diary
  as
  Director
  1972
- no image
  Moje první benefice
  as
  Art Direction
  1972
- Leonardo's Diary
  as
  Screenplay
  1972
- Leonardo's Diary
  as
  Story
  1972
1971
- Jabberwocky
  as
  Director
  1971
- Jabberwocky
  as
  Art Direction
  1971
- Jabberwocky
  as
  Writer
  1971
1970
- The Ossuary
  as
  Director
  1970
- The Ossuary
  as
  Story
  1970
- The Ossuary
  as
  Screenplay
  1970
1969
- A Quiet Week in the House
  as
  Director
  1969
- Don Juan
  as
  Director
  1969
- A Quiet Week in the House
  as
  Story
  1969
- A Quiet Week in the House
  as
  Screenplay
  1969
- A Quiet Week in the House
  as
  Art Direction
  1969
- Don Juan
  as
  Screenplay
  1969
1968
- The Flat
  as
  Director
  1968
- The Garden
  as
  Director
  1968
- Picnic with Weismann
  as
  Director
  1968
- The Garden
  as
  Screenplay
  1968
- The Flat
  as
  Screenplay
  1968
- The Flat
  as
  Story
  1968
- The Flat
  as
  Art Direction
  1968
- Picnic with Weismann
  as
  Writer
  1968
- Picnic with Weismann
  as
  Editor
  1968
1967
- Et cetera
  as
  Director
  1967
- Natural History Suite
  as
  Director
  1967
- Et cetera
  as
  Art Direction
  1967
- Et cetera
  as
  Screenplay
  1967
- Natural History Suite
  as
  Screenplay
  1967
- Natural History Suite
  as
  Art Direction
  1967
- Natural History Suite
  as
  Story
  1967
- Man and Technology
  as
  Editor
  1967
- Man and Technology
  as
  Director
  1967
- Man and Technology
  as
  Writer
  1967
- Man and Technology
  as
  Producer
  1967
1966
- Punch and Judy
  as
  Director
  1966
- Punch and Judy
  as
  Screenplay
  1966
- Punch and Judy
  as
  Art Direction
  1966
1965
- J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor
  as
  Director
  1965
- A Game with Stones
  as
  Director
  1965
- J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor
  as
  Art Direction
  1965
- J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor
  as
  Story
  1965
- J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor
  as
  Screenplay
  1965
- A Game with Stones
  as
  Writer
  1965
1964
- The Last Trick
  as
  Art Direction
  1964
- The Last Trick
  as
  Story
  1964
- The Last Trick
  as
  Screenplay
  1964
- The Last Trick
  as
  Director
  1964

Jan Švankmajer

Biography

Cast Credits

Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj

Kunstkamera

Alchemical Furnace

Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting

The Music of Zdeněk Liška

Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

Kikoe

Golden Sixties

Les Chimères des Švankmajer

The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer

Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

Crew Credits

Kunstkamera

Kunstkamera

Insect

Insect

Insect

Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

Lunacy

Lunacy

Lunacy

The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer

Little Otik

Little Otik

Little Otik

Little Otik

Little Otik

Little Otik

Food

Conspirators of Pleasure

Conspirators of Pleasure

Food

Food

Conspirators of Pleasure

Conspirators of Pleasure

Conspirators of Pleasure

Conspirators of Pleasure

Faust

Faust

Faust

Faust

The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia

The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia

The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia

Darkness, Light, Darkness

Darkness, Light, Darkness

Darkness, Light, Darkness

Darkness, Light, Darkness

Meat Love

Flora

Meat Love

Flora

Animated Self-Portraits

Animated Self-Portraits

Meat Love

Flora

Alice

Alice

Virile Games

Virile Games

Virile Games

Virile Games

Alice

Alice

Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love

Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love

Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love

Scalpel, Please

Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval

Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval

The Three Veterans