Hermína Týrlová

Biography

Hermína Týrlová was a prominent Czech animator, screen writer, and film director. Often called the mother of Czech animation over the course of her career, she produced over 60 animated children's short films using puppets and the technique of stop motion animation. Born in Březové Hory in Central Bohemia, Hermína Týrlová learned puppet-making skills from her father, who was a woodworker and made small wood figurines. As a teenager, she moved to Prague to make a living acting, singing, and dancing in vaudeville. She also began writing and illustrating children's magazines. In 1925, she joined Studio AB, where she met her future husband, Karel Dodal. The studio produced animated films for advertising companies such as Elektrajournal and IRE-Film.Dodal and Týrlová produced 5 animated advertising films together, and in 1935, they co-directed the first commercial Czech puppet animation film, Tajemství Lucerny ("The Lantern's Secret"). Following the 1939 German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Karel Dodal took exile in the United States and then Argentina. Týrlová chose to remain in Czechoslovakia. In 1941, she moved to Zlín in eastern Moravia to work with Ladislav Kolda at Bata Studios,…

Directed

1. Revolution in Toyland (1947) — Director
2. The Snowman (1966) — Director
3. The Curious Letter (1961) — Director
4. Ferda the Ant (1944) — Director
5. Míček Flíček (1957) — Director
6. Star of Bethlehem (1969) — Director
7. The Choo-Choo Train (1959) — Director
8. Two Balls of Wool (1963) — Director
9. The Glass Marble (1963) — Director
10. The Lost Doll (1959) — Director
11. Lullaby (1948) — Director
12. Christmas Tree (1968) — Director
13. Blue Apron (1966) — Director
14. A Water Sprite in Love (1928) — Director
15. The Knot in the Handkerchief (1959) — Director
16. Monkey Love? (1987) — Director
17. The Naughty Slingshot (1983) — Director
18. The Pig Shepard (1957) — Director
19. Kalamajka (1957) — Director
20. I Count on the Wire (1990) — Director
21. Jak pejsek vyčmuchal darebáka (1973) — Director
22. Příhody brouka Pytlíka (1979) — Director
23. A Wooly Tale (1964) — Director
24. Revenge Day (1960) — Director
25. Les Contes de la ferme (2010) — Director
26. Oslík ušatec (1974) — Director
27. What Is Missing? (1947) — Director
28. Pohádka o drakovi (1954) — Director
29. Nine Chicks (1952) — Director
30. Collision (1948) — Director
31. Ferda The Ant In The Foreign Service (1979) — Director
32. The Mischievous Boy (1974) — Director
33. Ferdy the Ant (2016) — Director
34. Coral Fairytale (1968) — Director
35. Devilish Tricks (1982) — Director
36. L'Atelier enchanté (2011) — Director
37. Zlatovláska (1956) — Director
38. Skittish Brothers (1982) — Director
39. Konec kouzelníka Uhahuly (1981) — Director
40. Jak si Jakub naposledy vystřelil (1980) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Den se sedmi křížky (1970) — Herself
2. Bimbo's Unfortunate Adventure (1930) — Máňa
3. Přijď, až zase omládnu (1986) — Herself
4. Já tomu říkám nedrcat se o nebesa (1981) — Herself
5. Hermína Týrlová (1961) — Herself