Jan Švankmajer

Actor · Director · Writer· Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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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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Filmography

46 credits across 4 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
2020	Alchemical Furnace	Himself	Film
2018	Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting	Himself	Film
2018	Insect	Director	Film
2010	Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)	Director	Film
2007	Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films	Director	Film
2005	Lunacy	Director	Film
2003	The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer	Director	Film
2001	Little Otik	Director	Film
2001	Little Otik	Producer	Film
1996	Conspirators of Pleasure	Director	Film
1996	Food	Director	Film
1996	Food	Writer	Film
1996	Conspirators of Pleasure	Producer	Film
1994	Faust	Director	Film
1991	The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia	Director	Film
1991	The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia	Writer	Film
1990	Darkness, Light, Darkness	Director	Film
1989	Flora	Director	Film
1989	Animated Self-Portraits	Director	Film
1989	Meat Love	Director	Film
1989	Flora	Writer	Film
1989	Animated Self-Portraits	Writer	Film
1989	Meat Love	Writer	Film
1988	Virile Games	Director	Film
1983	Down to the Cellar	Director	Film
1983	The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope	Director	Film
1983	Dimensions of Dialogue	Director	Film
1982	The Fall of the House of Usher	Director	Film
1977	Castle of Otranto	Director	Film
1972	Leonardo's Diary	Director	Film
1971	Jabberwocky	Director	Film
1971	Jabberwocky	Writer	Film
1970	The Ossuary	Director	Film
1969	Don Juan	Director	Film
1969	A Quiet Week in the House	Director	Film
1968	The Garden	Director	Film
1968	Picnic with Weismann	Director	Film
1968	The Flat	Director	Film
1968	Picnic with Weismann	Writer	Film
1967	Et cetera	Director	Film
1967	Natural History Suite	Director	Film
1966	Punch and Judy	Director	Film
1965	J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor	Director	Film
1965	A Game with Stones	Director	Film
1965	A Game with Stones	Writer	Film
1964	The Last Trick	Director	Film

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