Jan Švankmajer

Biography

​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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jan Švankmajer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

1. Alice (1988) — Director
2. Dimensions of Dialogue (1983) — Director
3. Darkness, Light, Darkness (1990) — Director
4. Little Otik (2001) — Director
5. Food (1996) — Director
6. Conspirators of Pleasure (1996) — Director
7. Meat Love (1989) — Director
8. Faust (1994) — Director
9. Lunacy (2005) — Director
10. Flora (1989) — Director
11. The Flat (1968) — Director
12. Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (2010) — Director
13. Virile Games (1988) — Director
14. Jabberwocky (1971) — Director
15. The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1991) — Director
16. Punch and Judy (1966) — Director
17. A Game with Stones (1965) — Director
18. Et cetera (1967) — Director
19. The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope (1983) — Director
20. A Quiet Week in the House (1969) — Director
21. Down to the Cellar (1983) — Director
22. J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor (1965) — Director
23. The Last Trick (1964) — Director
24. Natural History Suite (1967) — Director
25. The Ossuary (1970) — Director
26. The Garden (1968) — Director
27. The Fall of the House of Usher (1982) — Director
28. Picnic with Weismann (1968) — Director
29. Leonardo's Diary (1972) — Director
30. Castle of Otranto (1977) — Director
31. Animated Self-Portraits (1989) — Director
32. Don Juan (1969) — Director
33. Insect (2018) — Director
34. The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer (2003) — Director
35. Kunstkamera (2022) — Director
36. Man and Technology (1967) — Director
37. Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love (1988) — Director
38. Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films (2007) — Director
39. Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) (2007) — Director
40. Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) (2006) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague (1990) — Himself
2. Kunstkamera (2022) — Self
3. The Music of Zdeněk Liška (2017) — Self
4. Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj (2023) — Self
5. The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film (1984)
6. Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting (2018) — Himself
7. Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory (2017) — Self
8. Les Chimères des Švankmajer (2001) — Self
9. The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer (1992) — Himself
10. Kikoe (2009)
11. Alchemical Furnace (2020) — Himself
12. Golden Sixties (2009) — Self