Name
Jan Švankmajer
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1934-09-04 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Biography
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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.
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Known For
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It is a story of three veterans released from the army. During one night spent camping in ...
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Six Prague residents pursue bizarre rituals. Mr. Peony builds a chicken costume to wear wh...
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When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To...
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A man sits down to watch a football match, which seems to consist of the players being vio...
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In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly derange...
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An adaptation of the 1764 work of the same name, the first Gothic novel. In this mockument...
- 2023 Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj as Self
- 1984 The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
- 2022 Kunstkamera as Self
- 1990 Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague as Himself
- 2018 Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting as Himself
- 1992 The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer as Himself
- 2017 The Music of Zdeněk Liška as Self
- 2009 Kikoe
- 2020 Alchemical Furnace as Himself
- 2017 Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory as Self
- 2001 Les Chimères des Švankmajer as Self
- 2009 Golden Sixties ( 1 episode ) as Self
