Jan Švankmajer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 4, 1934
- Place of birth
- 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.
Movies with Jan Švankmajer
- Kunstkamera 2022 · ★ 9.7
- Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague 1990 · ★ 8.0
- The Music of Zdeněk Liška 2017 · ★ 6.0
- Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj 2023 · ★ 7.0
- The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film 1984 · ★ 6.0
- Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting 2018 · ★ 5.0
- Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory 2017 · ★ 6.0
- Les Chimères des Švankmajer 2001 · ★ 6.0
- The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer 1992
- Kikoe 2009
- Alchemical Furnace 2020
Movies directed by Jan Švankmajer
- Alice 1988 · ★ 7.4
- Dimensions of Dialogue 1983 · ★ 7.6
- Darkness, Light, Darkness 1990 · ★ 7.5
- Little Otik 2001 · ★ 7.0
- Food 1996 · ★ 7.8
- Conspirators of Pleasure 1996 · ★ 6.7
- Meat Love 1989 · ★ 6.8
- Faust 1994 · ★ 7.4
- Lunacy 2005 · ★ 6.7
- The Flat 1968 · ★ 7.2
- Flora 1989 · ★ 6.4
- Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) 2010 · ★ 6.9
- Virile Games 1988 · ★ 6.8
- Jabberwocky 1971 · ★ 6.6
- Punch and Judy 1966 · ★ 6.5
- The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia 1991 · ★ 7.3
- A Game with Stones 1965 · ★ 6.5
- Et cetera 1967 · ★ 5.9
- The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope 1983 · ★ 6.8
- A Quiet Week in the House 1969 · ★ 6.1
- Down to the Cellar 1983 · ★ 6.8
- J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor 1965 · ★ 6.1
- The Last Trick 1964 · ★ 6.7
- Natural History Suite 1967 · ★ 6.4
- The Ossuary 1970 · ★ 6.9
- The Garden 1968 · ★ 7.2
- The Fall of the House of Usher 1982 · ★ 5.8
- Picnic with Weismann 1968 · ★ 6.4
- Leonardo's Diary 1972 · ★ 6.5
- Castle of Otranto 1977 · ★ 6.8
- Animated Self-Portraits 1989 · ★ 6.0
- Insect 2018 · ★ 5.6
- Don Juan 1969 · ★ 6.9
- The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer 2003 · ★ 7.6
- Kunstkamera 2022 · ★ 9.7
- Man and Technology 1967 · ★ 6.7
- Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films 2007 · ★ 10.0
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) 2006 · ★ 6.0
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) 2007 · ★ 6.0