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Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934) is a Czech film director, animator, writer, playwright and artist. He draws and makes free graphics, collage, ceramics, tactile objects and assemblages.
May 7, 2024 · Jan Svankmajer, Czech Surrealist artist, puppeteer, animator, and filmmaker known for his dark reimaginings of well-known fairy tales and for his avant-garde use of three dimensional stop-motion coupled with live-action animation.
Jan Svankmajer. Director: Little Otik. After studying at the Institute of Industrial Arts and the Marionette Faculty of the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in the 1950s, Jan Svankmajer started working as a theatre director, chiefly in association with the Theatre of Masks and the Black Theatre.
Consecration in Hudlice village, Posvícení v Hudlicích Lunacy, Šílení Přežít svůj život CZ Insect EN.
Jan Švankmajer. @jansvankmajer4571. •. 7.89K subscribers • 60 videos. This is my official youtube channel. The videos you’ll find here tell the story of my work and a few things about myself as...
Jul 30, 2014 · The Czech Jan Švankmajer, who turns 80 later this year, is one of the greatest artists working in the film medium. After a background in black theater and puppetry, he made exclusively short films since the early sixties right up to the late eighties – roughly half his working life – becoming an undisputable master of the form.
Dec 20, 2018 · AMSTERDAM — The Czech master of Surrealist cinema, Jan Svankmajer, is revered by animators for his stop-motion movies that are by turns absurd, grotesque, erotic and horrific.