Břetislav Pojar
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 7, 1923, Susice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- Died
- October 12, 2012
- Movies
- 58
Břetislav Pojar (7 October 1923 – 12 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator, and director of short and feature films.
Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on The Story of the Bass Cello (1949) based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka. Pojar served as a puppeteer under his mentor Trnka.
Pojar compiled an extensive body of work as a director and animator in Czechoslovakia, where he made films in both puppet animation to the more common stop motion animation.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2008 | Anatomie gagu | |
| 1959 | Skutečnost Noci svatojánské | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2016 | Narco Blues | Director, Screenplay |
| 2016 | Pojar dětem | Director |
| 2015 | Tom Thumb’s Journey | Director |
| 2011 | Car Fairy Tales | Director, Screenplay |
| 2006 | Mr. and Mr. | Director, Writer |
| 2006 | Fimfarum 2 | Director, Screenplay |
| 2003 | Winter Days | Director |
| 2000 | The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka | Director |
| 1996 | Children First! | Director |
| 1995 | Pourquoi? | Director |
| 1994 | Mouseology | Director |
| 1991 | The Flying Sneaker | Director, Screenplay |
| 1987 | From step to progress | Director, Screenplay |
| 1986 | Nightangel | Director |
| 1981 | 'E' | Director |
| 1981 | If... | Director |
| 1979 | BOOOM | Director |
| 1977 | How to Catch a Tiger | Screenplay, Director |
| 1977 | Whale, Elahw | Director, Screenplay |
| 1977 | Of Mice in Tinfoil | Director, Screenplay |
| 1976 | About the Thick Fog | Screenplay, Director |
| 1974 | Nazdar kedlubny | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | The Apple Tree Maiden | Director |
| 1973 | Balablok | Director |
| 1972 | O pardálu který voněl | Director, Screenplay |
| 1972 | A neříkej mi Vašíku | Director, Screenplay |
| 1971 | Psí kusy | Screenplay, Director |
| 1971 | Co to bouchlo? | Screenplay, Director |
| 1969 | To See or Not to See | Writer, Director |
| 1969 | Darwin Antidarwin | Director |
| 1968 | Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Went to Sleep | Director, Screenplay |
| 1968 | Fanfaron, the Little Clown | Director |
| 1967 | Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Hold On to Your Hat | Screenplay, Director |
| 1967 | Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Ate Witty Porridge | Screenplay, Director |
| 1967 | Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Princesses Are Not to Be Sniffed At | Director, Screenplay |
| 1966 | Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How the Bears Went Swimming | Director, Screenplay |
| 1966 | Hey Mister, Let's Play! How They Met At Kolin | Director, Screenplay |
| 1964 | Ideál | Director, Screenplay |
| 1963 | A Few Words of Introduction | Director |
| 1962 | Billiard | Director |
| 1962 | Romance | Director, Screenplay |
| 1961 | Painting is for the Cats | Director, Screenplay |
| 1961 | On a Cat's Word | Director, Screenplay |
| 1961 | School for Cats | Director, Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Midnight Adventure | Director, Screenplay |
| 1959 | The Lion and the Song | Director, Screenplay |
| 1959 | Bomb Mania | Director, Screenplay |
| 1957 | Paraplíčko | Director, Screenplay |
| 1956 | Spejbl on the Trail | Director, Screenplay |
| 1956 | Glory | Director, Writer |
| 1955 | Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce | Screenplay, Director |
| 1954 | A Drop Too Much | Director, Screenplay |
| 1952 | Josef Mánes II. | Director, Screenplay |
| 1952 | Veselý kolotoč | Director, Screenplay |
| 1951 | The Gingerbread House | Director, Screenplay |
| 1951 | Josef Mánes | Screenplay, Director |
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