Directing
Břetislav Pojar
EN, FR, CS, JA cinema · 79 credits
Born
7 October 1923
Died
12 October 2012 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Susice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Also known as Bretislav Pojar · Бржетислав Пояр
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. In the mid-1960s, Pojar emigrated to Canada, where he began a long collaboration with the National Film Board. His Canadian work is some of his best known and has won awards at prestigious international film festivals. His film To See or Not to See (Psychocratie) won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year in 1970. Pojar's work is characterized by strong social commentary, such as in Balablok, where armies of small circle- and square-shaped beings war with each other until they are all wounded into indistinguishable shapes. Often, Pojar's shorts contain little or no spoken dialogue. In the mid-2000s, Pojar moved back to the Czech film business in order to co-direct the collaborative animated feature film Fimfárum 2 (based on the stories of Jan Werich), which was released in 2006. Pojar died in Prague at the age of 89 in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Břetislav Pojar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Narco Blues
Director, Story, Screenplay
Pojar dětem
Director
Car Fairy Tales
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Fimfarum 2
Director, Screenplay
Mr. and Mr.
Director, Writer
Winter Days
Director
Dancing on the Moon
Animation Director
Pourquoi?
Director
Overdose
Script
Mouseology
Director, Animation
The Flying Sneaker
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
The Bear
Animation
Od kroku k pokroku
1987
From step to progress
Director, Screenplay, Story
Nightangel
Director
Kdyby
1981
If...
Director
'E'
Director
BOOOM
Director
Jak ulovit tygra
1977
How to Catch a Tiger
Screenplay, Director
Velryba - Abyrlev
1977
Whale, Elahw
Director, Screenplay
O myších ve staniolu
1977
Of Mice in Tinfoil
Director, Screenplay
O té velké mlze
1976
About the Thick Fog
Screenplay, Director
Nazdar kedlubny
1974
Nazdar kedlubny
Director, Screenplay
Balablok
Director
A neříkej mi Vašíku
Director, Screenplay
O pardálu který voněl
Director, Screenplay
Co to bouchlo?
1971
Co to bouchlo?
Director, Screenplay
Psí kusy
Director, Screenplay
To See or Not to See
Writer, Director
Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Went to Sleep
Director, Screenplay
Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Princesses Are Not to Be Sniffed At
Director, Screenplay
Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Ate Witty Porridge
Director, Screenplay
Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Hold On to Your Hat
Director, Screenplay
Hey Mister, Let's Play! How They Met At Kolin
Director, Screenplay
Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How the Bears Went Swimming
Director, Screenplay
Lemonade Joe
Art Designer
Ideál
1964
Ideál
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction, Story
Biliár
1962
Billiard
Director, Story
Romance
1962
Romance
Director, Screenplay, Animation
Kočičí slovo
1961
On a Cat's Word
Director, Screenplay
School for Cats
Director, Screenplay
Malování pro kočku
1961
Painting is for the Cats
Director, Screenplay
Půlnoční příhoda
1960
The Midnight Adventure
Director, Screenplay
The Lion and the Song
Director, Screenplay, Story
Bombomanie
1959
Bomb Mania
Director, Story, Screenplay
Paraplíčko
Director, Story, Screenplay, Animation
Spejbl na stopě
1956
Spejbl on the Trail
Story, Screenplay, Director, Animation
Glory
Director, Writer
Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce
Screenplay, Director
Two Little Frosts
Animation
A Drop Too Much
Director, Screenplay
Old Czech Legends
Animation
Josef Mánes II.
1952
Josef Mánes II.
Director, Screenplay, Story
Veselý kolotoč
1952
Veselý kolotoč
Director, Screenplay
Josef Mánes
1951
Josef Mánes
Director, Screenplay
The Gingerbread House
Director, Screenplay, Story
Prince Bayaya
Animation
Story of the Bass Cello
Animation
Song of the Prairie
Animation
The Devil's Mill
Animation
The Czech Year
Animation