Directing
Jiří Trnka
CS, EN cinema · 54 credits
Born
24 February 1912
Died
30 December 1969 (aged 57)
Birthplace
Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko
Also known as Jiří Trnka
A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war he designed stage sets and illustrated children's books. In 1945 he set up an animation unit with several collaborators at the Prague film studio; they called the unit "Trick Brothers." Trnka specialized in puppet animation, a traditional Czech art form, of which he became the undisputed master. He also created animated cartoons, but it was his puppet animation that made him an internationally recognized artist and the winner of film festival awards at Venice and elsewhere. He wrote the scripts for most of his own films.
Known for
Filmography
The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
as Self (archive footage), Producer, Director, Writer
Joy of Love
Art Direction
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
Director, Art Direction, Screenplay, Story
The Hand
Director, Story, Art Direction, Screenplay
Lemonade Joe
Art Designer
Cybernetic Grandma
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
Zlý jelen
1962
Zlý jelen
Art Direction
Vášeň
1961
Passion
Art Designer, Director, Story, Screenplay
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Director, Art Designer, Screenplay
Why UNESCO?
Art Designer, Screenplay, Director, Story
Bombomanie
1959
Bomb Mania
Art Designer
Paraplíčko
Art Designer
Against All
Costume Design
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
1956
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
Director, Screenplay, Art Designer
The Good Soldier Svejk
Director, Writer
Jan Žižka
Costume Design
Two Little Frosts
Director, Art Designer, Story, Screenplay
Jan Hus
Art Designer, Costume Design
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
1955
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
Screenplay, Director, Art Designer
The Hurvinek Circus
Director, Screenplay, Art Designer
Jak stařeček měnil, až vyměnil
1954
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
Art Designer, Director, Screenplay
Kuťášek a Kutilka – jak ráno vstávali
1954
Kutasek and Kutilka
Art Designer, Director, Screenplay
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
1954
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
Director, Screenplay, Art Designer
A Drop Too Much
Art Direction
Old Czech Legends
Art Designer, Director, Screenplay, Story
O zlaté rybce
1951
The Golden Fish
Art Designer, Director, Screenplay
The Gingerbread House
Art Designer
Veselý cirkus
1951
The Merry Circus
Story, Screenplay, Director, Graphic Designer
Prince Bayaya
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
The Emperor and the Golem
Costume Design
Song of the Prairie
Art Designer, Director, Screenplay
The Emperor's Nightingale
Art Designer, Director, Editor, Screenplay
Story of the Bass Cello
Director, Screenplay, Story, Art Direction
The Devil's Mill
Director, Art Designer, Screenplay, Story
Zvířátka a petrovští
1947
The Animals and the Brigands
Director, Screenplay, Story, Supervising Art Director, Art Designer
The Czech Year
Director, Story, Art Direction, Screenplay, Editor
Dárek
1947
The Gift
Director, Story, Screenplay, Art Designer, Supervising Art Director
Liška a džbán
1947
Liška a džbán
Screenplay, Art Designer, Supervising Art Director
Capek's Tales
Art Designer
Míša Kulička
1947
Míša Kulička
Art Designer
Springman and the SS
Director, Screenplay, Art Designer, Supervising Art Director
Zasadil dědek řepu
1946
Grandpa Planted a Beet
Director, Art Direction, Story, Screenplay