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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. [1] In the early 1960s, he explored informel , which later became an important part of the visual form of his animated films. [2]
Jan Svankmajer. Director. Writer. Production Designer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. 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.
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May 7, 2024 · Jan Švankmajer (born September 4, 1934, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]) is a 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.
Playlists. Community. Insects: Last film of Jan Svankmajer. 72,650 views 7 years ago. Jan Svankmajer introduces his new feature film which will be the first one he ever try to made using...
Jan Švankmajer; Jaromír Kallista; Pavla Kallistová; Tomáš Kalous; Ondřej Fleislebr; Kazumi Terazaki; ATHANOR; exhibitions/výstavy. DISEGNO INTERNO – EVA ŠVANKMAJEROVÁ / JAN ŠVANKMAJER – GASK Kutná Hora 2024
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Dec 20, 2018 · 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. In...
Dec 5, 2011 · Surreal, grotesque and censor-baiting, Jan Švankmajer’s films have been getting him into trouble for years. Jonathan Jones meets him in Prague Mon 5 Dec 2011 16.46 EST