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Jan Švankmajer · Cineora

Jan Švankmajer

DIRECTOR · FROM PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA [NOW CZECH REPUBLIC]

Jan Švankmajer

Born 1934 · 92 years old39 credits since 1964

QuirkyEeriePsychologicalArtDisturbing

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ABOUT JAN

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.

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Born4 September 1934

BirthplacePrague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Known forDirecting

On Cineora33 of 39 titles

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Known for

The titles people know Jan from.

Alice poster

Movie

1988IMDb7.4

Little Otik poster

Movie

2001IMDb7.3

Dimensions of Dialogue poster

Movie

Dimensions of Dialogue

1983IMDb8.1

Darkness, Light, Darkness poster

Movie

Darkness, Light, Darkness

1990IMDb7.9

Faust poster

Movie

1994IMDb7.3

Lunacy poster

Movie

2005IMDb7.1

Conspirators of Pleasure poster

Movie

Conspirators of Pleasure

1996IMDb7.3

Food poster

Movie

1996IMDb8.0

Meat Love poster

Movie

1989IMDb7.0

The Flat poster

Movie

1968IMDb7.6

Jabberwocky poster

Movie

1971IMDb7.2

Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) poster

Movie

Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

2010IMDb7.2

Career

IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 33
Average IMDb: 7.1
Highest rated: Dimensions of DialogueIMDb 8.1
Working since: 1964

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

39 credits

The 2020s

1 title

Not on Cineora

Kunstkamera

2022

Director · Writer

The 2010s

2 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

Insect poster

Movie

2018IMDb6.1

Director · Screenplay

Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) poster

Movie

Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

2010IMDb7.2

Director · Screenplay

The 2000s

6 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Not on Cineora

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

2007

Director

Not on Cineora

Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films

2007

Director

Not on Cineora

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

2006

Director

Lunacy poster

Movie

2005IMDb7.1

Director · Screenplay

Not on Cineora

The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer

2003

Director

Little Otik poster

Movie

2001IMDb7.3

Director · Screenplay · Story · Producer

The 1990s

5 titles · IMDb 7.6 on average

Conspirators of Pleasure poster

Movie

Conspirators of Pleasure

1996IMDb7.3

Director · Screenplay · Story · Producer

Food poster

Movie

1996IMDb8.0

Director · Writer

Faust poster

Movie

1994IMDb7.3

Director · Screenplay · Story

The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia poster

Movie

The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia

1991IMDb7.5

Director · Writer

Darkness, Light, Darkness poster

Movie

Darkness, Light, Darkness

1990IMDb7.9

Director · Screenplay · Story

The 1980s

9 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Animated Self-Portraits poster

Movie

Animated Self-Portraits

1989IMDb6.6

Director · Writer

Meat Love poster

Movie

1989IMDb7.0

Director · Writer

Flora poster

Movie

1989IMDb6.5

Director · Writer

Alice poster

Movie

1988IMDb7.4

Director · Writer

Virile Games poster

Movie

1988IMDb7.4

Director · Screenplay · Story

Down to the Cellar poster

Movie

Down to the Cellar

1983IMDb7.5

Director · Screenplay · Story

The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope poster

Movie

The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope

1983IMDb7.5

Director · Screenplay · Story

Dimensions of Dialogue poster

Movie

Dimensions of Dialogue

1983IMDb8.1

Director · Screenplay · Story

The 1970s

4 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

Castle of Otranto poster

Movie

Castle of Otranto

1977IMDb6.7

Director · Screenplay · Story

Leonardo's Diary poster

Movie

Leonardo's Diary

1972IMDb6.3

Director · Screenplay · Story

Jabberwocky poster

Movie

1971IMDb7.2

Director · Writer

The Ossuary poster

Movie

1970IMDb7.0

Director · Screenplay · Story

The 1960s

12 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

A Quiet Week in the House poster

Movie

A Quiet Week in the House

1969IMDb6.6

Director · Screenplay · Story

Don Juan poster

Movie

1969IMDb7.0

Director · Screenplay

The Garden poster

Movie

1968IMDb7.4

Director · Screenplay

Picnic with Weismann poster

Movie

Picnic with Weismann

1968IMDb7.0

Director · Writer

The Flat poster

Movie

1968IMDb7.6

Director · Screenplay · Story

Natural History Suite poster

Movie

Natural History Suite

1967IMDb6.8

Director · Screenplay · Story

Et cetera poster

Movie

1967IMDb6.3

Director · Screenplay

Man and Technology

Not on Cineora

Man and Technology

1967

Director · Writer · Producer

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Jan’s titles.

Svatopluk MalýCinematographer · Alice, Faust and 11 more

Zdeněk LiškaComposer · The Flat, Jabberwocky and 7 more

Pavel NovýLittle Otik, Lunacy and 3 more

Miloslav ŠpálaCinematographer · Darkness, Light, Darkness, Conspirators of Pleasure and 3 more

Petr ČepekFaust, The Three Veterans and 2 more

Juraj HerzThe Flat, The Last Trick and 2 more

Jiří ŠafářCinematographer · Punch and Judy, Et cetera and 2 more

Juraj GalvánekCinematographer · Little Otik, Lunacy and 2 more

Rudolf HrušínskýAdela Has Not Had Supper Yet, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians and 1 more

Miloš KopeckýAdela Has Not Had Supper Yet, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians and 1 more