Jiří Trnka
Known for: Directing
Born: February 24, 1912
Died: December 30, 1969
Place of birth: Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko
A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war he designed stage sets and illustrated children's books. In 1945 he set up an animation unit with several collaborators at the Prague film studio; they called the unit "Trick Brothers." Trnka specialized in puppet animation, a traditional Czech art form, of which he became the undisputed master. He also created animated cartoons, but it was his puppet animation that made him an internationally recognized artist and the winner of film festival awards at Venice and elsewhere. He wrote the scripts for most of his own films.
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Filmography
53 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
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The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
2000
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Jirí Trnka: Puppet Animation Master
1999
8.5
The Good Soldier Schweik
1986NR
How to Catch a Tiger
1977NR
About the Thick Fog
1976
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Garden
1974NR
Jiří Trnka
1967
6.0
Joy of Love
1966
7.4
The Hand
1965
6.2
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
1965
7.1
Lemonade Joe
1964
6.2
Cybernetic Grandma
1963NR
Zlý jelen
19627.1
Passion
19617.0
The Midnight Adventure
1960
7.2
A Midsummer's Night Dream
1959NR
Skutečnost Noci svatojánské
1959
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Why UNESCO?
19598.0
Bomb Mania
1959
6.1
Against All
1957
8.0
Paraplíčko
1957NR
To jsou Bratři v triku
19579.0
Spejbl on the Trail
1956
7.3
The Good Soldier Svejk
1956NR
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
1956
7.3
Jan Žižka
1956NR
The Puppets of Jiří Trnka
1956
6.0
The Hurvinek Circus
1955
6.3
Jan Hus
1955
6.6
Two Little Frosts
1955
8.0
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955NR
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
1955NR
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
19547.0
Kutasek and Kutilka
1954NR
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
1954
6.4
A Drop Too Much
1954
6.5
Old Czech Legends
1953
7.0
The Emperor and the Golem
1951
7.0
The Gingerbread House
1951
6.5
Prince Bayaya
19516.1
The Golden Fish
19515.1
The Merry Circus
1951
5.6
The Emperor's Nightingale
1949
5.8
Song of the Prairie
1949
5.8
Story of the Bass Cello
1949
6.3
The Devil's Mill
1949
6.1
The Czech Year
1947
7.7
Capek's Tales
19476.3
The Animals and the Brigands
19475.5
The Gift
1947NR
Liška a džbán
1947NR
Míša Kulička
1947
5.8
Springman and the SS
19466.5
Grandpa Planted a Beet
1946NR
Velryba - Abyrlev
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