Jan Švankmajer

ActorWriterArtDirectorCostume & Make-Up Sep 4 (age 91) Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] 1964–2023 (59 year career)

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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

Film

Alice

Author

Film

Dimensions of Dialogue

Art Direction

Film

Darkness, Light, Darkness

Art Direction

Film

Food

Director

Film

Little Otik

Art Direction

Film

Faust

Art Direction

Film

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

Animation

Film

Conspirators of Pleasure

Art Direction

Filmography

Acting (12)

Movies (11)

Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj

as Self

Kunstkamera

as Self

Alchemical Furnace

as Himself

Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting

2018

as Himself

5.0

The Music of Zdeněk Liška

2017

as Self

5.0

Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

2017

as Self

6.0

Kikoe

2009

Les Chimères des Švankmajer

2001

as Self

6.0

The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer

1992

as Himself

Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague

1990

as Himself

7.0

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

1984

6.0

Television (1)

Golden Sixties

2009

as Self

Crew (103)

Movies (102)

Kunstkamera

Writer

Insect

Art Direction

Insect

Director

Insect

Screenplay

Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

2010

Director

7.0

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

2007

Director

6.0

Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films

2007

Director

10.0

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

Director

Lunacy

Director

Lunacy

Production Design

Lunacy

Screenplay

The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer

Director

Little Otik

Art Direction

Little Otik

Costume Design

Little Otik

Director

Little Otik

Producer

Little Otik

Screenplay

Little Otik

Story

Conspirators of Pleasure

1996

Art Direction

6.7

Conspirators of Pleasure

1996

Costume Design

6.7

Conspirators of Pleasure

1996

Director

6.7

Conspirators of Pleasure

1996

Producer

6.7

Conspirators of Pleasure

1996

Screenplay

6.7

Conspirators of Pleasure

Story

Food

Director

Food

Production Design

Food

Writer

Faust

Art Direction

Faust

Director

Faust

Screenplay

Faust

Story

The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia

1991

Director

7.2

Darkness, Light, Darkness

1990

Art Direction

7.5

Darkness, Light, Darkness

1990

Director

7.5

Darkness, Light, Darkness

1990

Screenplay

7.5

Darkness, Light, Darkness

Story

Flora

Director

Meat Love

Art Direction

Meat Love

Director

Meat Love

Writer

Animated Self-Portraits

Writer

Alice

Author

Alice

Director

Alice

Production Design

Alice

Writer

Virile Games

Art Direction

Virile Games

Director

Virile Games

Screenplay

Virile Games

Story

Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love

1988

Director

Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love

1988

Production Design

Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love

1988

Writer

Scalpel, Please

1986

Art Direction

7.3

Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval

1985

Art Direction

The Three Veterans

Animation

The Three Veterans

Art Direction

Down to the Cellar

Director

The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope

1983

Director

6.8

Dimensions of Dialogue

1983

Art Direction

7.6

Dimensions of Dialogue

1983

Director

7.6

Dimensions of Dialogue

1983

Screenplay

7.6

Dimensions of Dialogue

Story

Ferat Vampire

Special Props

The Fall of the House of Usher

1982

Director

5.6

The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

1981

Special Props

5.9

Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci

1981

Title Designer

2.6

Visitors from the Galaxy

1981

Art Direction

4.3

Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem

Art Direction

The Ninth Heart

Art Direction

The Ninth Heart

Title Designer

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

1978

Animation

7.5

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

Art Designer

Castle of Otranto

Director

Castle of Otranto

Screenplay

Castle of Otranto

Story

Leonardo's Diary

Director

Moje první benefice

Art Direction

Jabberwocky

Art Direction

Jabberwocky

Director

Jabberwocky

Writer

The Ossuary

Director

The Ossuary

Screenplay

The Ossuary

Story

A Quiet Week in the House

Director

Don Juan

Director

Don Juan

Screenplay

The Garden

Director

Picnic with Weismann

Director

The Flat

Art Direction

The Flat

Director

The Flat

Screenplay

The Flat

Story

Man and Technology

Director

Natural History Suite

Director

Et cetera

Director

Punch and Judy

Director

A Game with Stones

Director

J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor

1965

Art Direction

6.1

J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor

1965

Director

6.1

J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor

1965

Screenplay

6.1

J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor

Story

The Last Trick

Art Direction

Television (1)

The Visitors

1983

Animation

7.3