Jan Švankmajer
- Directing
- September 4, 1934 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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, Writer
- Alchemical Furnace · Self
- Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting · Self
- Insect · Director, Screenplay
- The Music of Zdeněk Liška · Self
- Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory · Self
- Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) · Director, Production Design
- 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, Screenplay
- The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer · Director
- Les Chimères des Švankmajer · Self
- Little Otik · Screenplay, Director
- Conspirators of Pleasure · Art Direction, Director
- Food · Director, Writer
- Faust · Director, Art Direction
- The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer · Self
- The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia · Director, Art Direction
- Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague · Self
- Darkness, Light, Darkness · Director, Story
- Animated Self-Portraits · Writer, Director
- Meat Love · Director, Art Direction
- Flora · Director, Art Direction
- Alice · Director, Author
- Virile Games · Director, Art Direction
- Scalpel, Please · Art Direction
- Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval · Art Direction, Animation
- The Three Veterans · Art Direction, Animation
- The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
- The Visitors · Animation
- Down to the Cellar · Director, Screenplay
- The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope · Director, Story
- Dimensions of Dialogue · Director, Screenplay
- The Fall of the House of Usher · Director, Screenplay
- 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 · Art Direction, Title Designer
- The Ninth Heart · Art Direction, Title Designer
- Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet · Art Designer, Animation
- Castle of Otranto · Director, Story
- Leonardo's Diary · Director, Story
- Moje první benefice · Art Direction
- Jabberwocky · Director, Art Direction
- The Ossuary · Director, Screenplay
- A Quiet Week in the House · Director, Art Direction
- Don Juan · Director, Screenplay
- The Garden · Director, Screenplay
- Picnic with Weismann · Director, Writer
- The Flat · Director, Story
- Natural History Suite · Director, Screenplay
- Et cetera · Director, Screenplay
- Man and Technology · Editing, Writer
- Punch and Judy · Director, Screenplay
- A Game with Stones · Director, Writer
- J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor · Director, Story
- The Last Trick · Art Direction, Screenplay