Jan Švankmajer
Known for: Directing
Born: September 4, 1934
Place of birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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.
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Filmography
60 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj
2023
10.0
Kunstkamera
2022
NR
Alchemical Furnace
2020
5.0
Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting
2018
5.6
Insect
20186.0
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
2017
6.0
Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory
2017
6.9
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
2010
NR
Kikoe
2009NR
Golden Sixties
2009
6.0
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007
10.0
Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films
2007
6.0
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
2006
6.7
Lunacy
2005
7.6
The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer
2003
6.0
Les Chimères des Švankmajer
2001
7.0
Little Otik
2001
6.7
Conspirators of Pleasure
1996
7.8
Food
1996
7.4
Faust
1994NR
The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer
1992
7.3
The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
19918.0
Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague
1990
7.5
Darkness, Light, Darkness
1990
6.1
Animated Self-Portraits
1989
6.7
Meat Love
1989
6.4
Flora
1989
7.4
Alice
1988
6.9
Virile Games
1988
7.6
Scalpel, Please
19868.0
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
1985
7.8
The Three Veterans
1984
6.0
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
1984
7.6
The Visitors
1983
6.8
Down to the Cellar
1983
6.7
The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
1983
7.6
Dimensions of Dialogue
1983
5.8
The Fall of the House of Usher
1982
5.4
Ferat Vampire
1982
6.0
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
1981
4.6
Visitors from the Galaxy
1981
4.2
Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci
1981
8.0
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
1980
6.5
The Ninth Heart
1979
7.5
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978
6.8
Castle of Otranto
1977
6.6
Leonardo's Diary
1972NR
Moje první benefice
1972
6.6
Jabberwocky
1971
6.9
The Ossuary
1970
6.2
A Quiet Week in the House
1969
6.9
Don Juan
1969
7.3
The Garden
1968
6.5
Picnic with Weismann
1968
7.2
The Flat
1968
6.4
Natural History Suite
1967
5.9
Et cetera
1967
8.0
Man and Technology
1967
6.4
Punch and Judy
1966
6.5
A Game with Stones
1965
6.1
J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor
1965
6.7
The Last Trick
1964