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Jan Němec

Jan Němec

Directing1936Prague, Czechoslovakia

Biography

Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."

Acting History

2010
2005
Toyen
as Commentary (voice)
Toyen
Director
Toyen
Producer
Toyen
Screenplay
2004
Landscape of my Heart
Director of Photography
Landscape of my Heart
Original Music Composer
1996
Code Name: Ruby
Screenplay
Code Name: Ruby
Still Photographer
Code Name: Ruby
Additional Photography
1995
GENUS
TVWriter
GENUS
TVDirector
1993
GEN
TVDirector
GEN
TVWriter
1988
'68
as Dezsö Horváth
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
1982
1970
Killing the Devil
as (uncreditted)
1961
The Day the Tree Blooms
Assistant Director
Osení
Assistant Director
Červnové dny
First Assistant Director
1960
No Entrance
as (segment "In Pursuit")
1958
Povodeň
Assistant Director

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Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/12/1936
Day of Death
3/18/2016
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia