Jaromil Jireš

ActorDirectorWriterCinematographer Dec 10 (died age 65) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic] 1958–2018 (60 year career)

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Biography

Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".

Known For

Film

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Director

Film

The Joke

Director

Film

Pearls of the Deep

Director

Film

The Cry

Director

Film

The Hall of Lost Steps

Director

Film

Učitel tance

Director

Film

And Give My Love to the Swallows

Director

Film

Incomplete Eclipse

Director

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (4)

CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

as Self

Zvláštní schopnosti

An Occasion to Speak

as Self

A Box of Film

1958

as Self

Television (1)

Golden Sixties

2009

as Self (archive footage)

Crew (77)

Movies (75)

Double Role

Director

Double Role

Screenplay

Učitel tance

Director

Helimadoe

Co-Writer

Helimadoe

Director

Labyrinth

Director

Jestřábí moudrost

1990

Screenplay

Antonín Dvořák

1990

Director

Antonín Dvořák

1990

Writer

Rakovina vůle

1989

Director

Rakovina vůle

1989

Screenplay

Naděje má hluboké dno

1989

Director

O Háderunovi a víle Elóře

1988

Co-Writer

O Háderunovi a víle Elóře

1988

Director

Lion with a White Mane

1987

Director

5.0

Lion with a White Mane

1987

Screenplay

5.0

Věčný Faust

1985

Director

Věčný Faust

1985

Screenplay

Extended Time

Director

Extended Time

Screenplay

Extended Time

Story

Katapult

Director

Katapult

Screenplay

O labuti

Director

O labuti

Writer

Incomplete Eclipse

Director

Incomplete Eclipse

Screenplay

Opera ve vinici

Director

Opera ve vinici

1982

Screenplay

Payment in Kind

Director

Escape Home

Director

Escape Home

Screenplay

The Young Man and Moby Dick

1979

Director

3.3

The Young Man and Moby Dick

1979

Screenplay

3.3

Zápisník zmizelého

1979

Director

Zápisník zmizelého

1979

Screenplay

Flying Saucers Over Our Village

1977

Director

4.5

Flying Saucers Over Our Village

1977

Screenplay

4.5

The Island of the Silver Herons

1977

Director

5.0

Il Divino Boemo

1974

Director

Il Divino Boemo

1974

Screenplay

Il Divino Boemo

1974

Story

People from the Subway

1974

Director

3.0

People from the Subway

1974

Screenplay

3.0

Královský gambit

1974

Director

Královský gambit

1974

Screenplay

Kasař

1973

Director

Kasař

1973

Screenplay

Kasař

1973

Story

And Give My Love to the Swallows

1972

Director

4.7

And Give My Love to the Swallows

1972

Screenplay

4.7

And Give My Love to the Swallows

1972

Story

4.7

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

1970

Director

6.9

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

Screenplay

The Joke

Director

The Joke

Screenplay

Don Juan 68

Director

Don Juan 68

1968

Screenplay

Don Juan 68

1968

Story

Srub

1966

Director

Srub

1966

Screenplay

Srub

1966

Story

Pearls of the Deep

Director

Pearls of the Deep

Screenplay

The Cry

Director

The Cry

Screenplay

The Hall of Lost Steps

1964

Director

7.6

The Hall of Lost Steps

1964

Director of Photography

7.6

The Hall of Lost Steps

1964

Screenplay

7.6

The Dynamite Watcher

1963

Director

Footprints

Director

Uncle

Director

Uncle

Writer

A Box of Film

Assistant Camera

Hra na krále

Director

Television (2)

GENUS

1995

Director

GENUS

1995

Writer