Jan Švankmajer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 4, 1934, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- Movies
- 50
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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.
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2023 | Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj | Self |
| 2022 | Kunstkamera | Self |
| 2020 | Alchemical Furnace | Himself |
| 2018 | Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting | Himself |
| 2017 | The Music of Zdeněk Liška | Self |
| 2017 | Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory | Self |
| 2009 | Kikoe | |
| 2001 | Les Chimères des Švankmajer | Self |
| 1992 | The Magic Art of Jan Švankmajer | Himself |
| 1990 | Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague | Himself |
| 1984 | The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2022 | Kunstkamera | Director, Writer |
| 2018 | Insect | Director, Screenplay |
| 2010 | Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) | Director, Screenplay |
| 2007 | Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) | Director |
| 2007 | Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films | Director |
| 2006 | Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) | Director |
| 2005 | Lunacy | Director, Screenplay |
| 2003 | The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer | Director |
| 2001 | Little Otik | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1996 | Conspirators of Pleasure | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1996 | Food | Director, Writer |
| 1994 | Faust | Director, Screenplay |
| 1991 | The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia | Director, Writer |
| 1990 | Darkness, Light, Darkness | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Animated Self-Portraits | Writer, Director |
| 1989 | Meat Love | Director, Writer |
| 1989 | Flora | Director, Writer |
| 1988 | Alice | Director, Writer |
| 1988 | Virile Games | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | Down to the Cellar | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | Dimensions of Dialogue | Director, Screenplay |
| 1982 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Director, Screenplay |
| 1977 | Castle of Otranto | Director, Screenplay |
| 1972 | Leonardo's Diary | Director, Screenplay |
| 1971 | Jabberwocky | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | The Ossuary | Director, Screenplay |
| 1969 | A Quiet Week in the House | Director, Screenplay |
| 1969 | Don Juan | Director, Screenplay |
| 1968 | The Garden | Director, Screenplay |
| 1968 | Picnic with Weismann | Director, Writer |
| 1968 | The Flat | Director, Screenplay |
| 1967 | Natural History Suite | Director, Screenplay |
| 1967 | Et cetera | Director, Screenplay |
| 1967 | Man and Technology | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1966 | Punch and Judy | Director, Screenplay |
| 1965 | A Game with Stones | Director, Writer |
| 1965 | J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor | Director, Screenplay |
| 1964 | The Last Trick | Screenplay, Director |
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