Jan Švankmajer
Popularity:0.574
Known For:Directing
Birthday:1934-09-04
Place of Birth:Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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Also Known As:Jan Svankmajer, ヤン・シュヴァンクマイエル, 杨·史云梅耶

Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj (2023)
A look at the legendary Czech sound designer and his profession. Editor and documentary filmmaker Adéla Špaljová has her father...

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film (1984)
The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which the animated links by the Quay Brothers were recompiled...

Kunstkamera (2022)
An astonishing array of paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, objects and materials fill room after room - but this is not a museum open to the...

Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague (1990)
This half-hour BBC documentary offers a revealing look at Svankmajer at work on "Death of Stalinism in Bohemia," and uses excerpts from his earlier...

Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting (2018)

The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer (1992)
Švankmajer demonstrates the darkly humorous approach to life and politics which the Czech authorities at one time regarded as so subversive...

The Music of Zdeněk Liška (2017)
One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. He was not afraid to experiment and the...

Kikoe (2009)
Experimental documentary about Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide. Includes interviews with multiple musicians, artists, and writers as...

Alchemical Furnace (2020)
Jan Svankmajer, at 85 years of age, is one of the most prominent artists of European cinema. His work has inspired and guided generations of...

Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory (2017)
A tortuous journey, in the company of the Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, around the figure of the enigmatic and visionary French poet Raymond...

Les Chimères des Švankmajer (2001)
"Les Chimères des Švankmajer" takes an in depth look at both of the Švankmajers as they work on the full length film "Little...

The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer (2003)

Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films (2007)

Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem (1980)

Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem (1980)

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) (2007)

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) (2006)

Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval (1985)

Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval (1985)

The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)

Golden Sixties (2009)
Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and the role of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Each...

Golden Sixties (1970)
It's the year 2484 and the Earth is threatened by a rogue comet which could fatally change its orbit. The solution is surprising - Adam Bernau, the...