Jiří Barta

Biography

Working primarily during the 1980s, Jiří Barta flourished during communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia, as funding was easily accessed through government grants, allowing students to develop at their own pace and direction. Initially dabbling with cutout shorts, Barta later experimented with stop-motion and puppetry, and within seven years of his first short completed The Pied Piper of Hamelin, still considered a masterpiece of Czech animation.

Directed

1. The Pied Piper (1986) — Director
2. Toys in the Attic (2009) — Director
3. The Vanished World of Gloves (1982) — Director
4. The Last Theft (1987) — Director
5. Disc Jockey (1980) — Director
6. The Design (1981) — Director
7. Animated Self-Portraits (1989) — Director
8. Club of the Discarded (1989) — Director
9. Riddles for a Candy (1978) — Director
10. A Ballad About Green Wood (1983) — Director
11. Cartoon Noir (1999) — Director
12. Cook, Mug, Cook! (2007) — Director
13. Golem — Director
14. Jiří Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness (2014) — Director
15. Yuki Onna (2013) — Director
16. Labyrinth of Darkness: Jiri Barta (2006) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Chronicle Of The Pied Piper (1985) — Self
2. Bezúčelná procházka Jiřího Barty (1999) — Self
3. Služební cesta podporučíka Svěráka (1989) — Self