Directed credits
34
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Jan Švankmajer
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.0
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Directed movies: 34Directed series: 0All crew credits: 50
TMDB ID: 83784
IMDb ID: nm0840905
Known for: Directing
Born: September 4, 1934
Age: 91
Place of birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2023
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q316165
Also known as
Jan Svankmajer • ヤン・シュヴァンクマイエル • 杨·史云梅耶
Frequent jobs
Director (34)Art Direction (7)Special Props (2)Writer (2)Animation (1)Art Designer (1)Editor (1)Screenplay (1)Title Designer (1)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jan Švankmajer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Photos
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Jan Švankmajer.
5.6
Insect
Director
2018 Movie
7.0
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
Director
2010 Movie
6.0
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Director
2007 Movie
10.0
Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films
Director
2007 Movie
6.0
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
Director
2006 Movie
6.7
Lunacy
Director
2005 Movie
7.6
The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer
Director
2003 Movie
7.8
Food
Director
1996 Movie
7.4
Faust
Director
1994 Movie
7.2
The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
Director
1991 Movie
7.5
Darkness, Light, Darkness
Director
1989 Movie
6.7
Meat Love
Director
1989 Movie
6.3
Flora
Director
1989 Movie
7.4
Alice
Director
1988 Movie
6.8
Virile Games
Director
1988 Movie
Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love
Director
1988 Movie
6.8
Down to the Cellar
Director
1983 Movie
6.8
The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
Director
1983 Movie
7.6
Dimensions of Dialogue
Director
1983 Movie
5.6
The Fall of the House of Usher
Director
1982 Movie
6.6
Castle of Otranto
Director
1977 Movie
6.5
Leonardo's Diary
Director
1972 Movie
6.5
Jabberwocky
Director
1971 Movie
6.9
The Ossuary
Director
1970 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Jan Švankmajer.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Jan Švankmajer.
7.0
Little Otik
Screenplay
2001 Movie
6.6
Castle of Otranto
Director
1977 Movie
6.8
Virile Games
Director
1988 Movie
6.4
Punch and Judy
Director
1966 Movie
7.4
Alice
Director
1988 Movie
7.5
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Art Designer
1978 Movie
7.5
Darkness, Light, Darkness
Director
1989 Movie
7.4
Faust
Director
1994 Movie
5.2
Ferat Vampire
Special Props
1982 Movie
6.4
The Ninth Heart
Art Direction
1979 Movie
6.0
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Director
2007 Movie
5.9
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Special Props
1981 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Jan Švankmajer.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Jan Švankmajer.
10.0
Kunstkamera
Writer
2022 Movie
7.0
Little Otik
Screenplay
2001 Movie
6.7
Conspirators of Pleasure
Art Direction
1996 Movie
5.7
Animated Self-Portraits
Writer
1989 Movie
7.3
Scalpel, Please
Art Direction
1986 Movie
7.7
The Three Veterans
Art Direction
1984 Movie
5.2
Ferat Vampire
Special Props
1982 Movie
5.9
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Special Props
1981 Movie
4.3
Visitors from the Galaxy
Art Direction
1981 Movie
2.6
Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci
Title Designer
1981 Movie
8.0
Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem
Art Direction
1980 Movie
6.4
The Ninth Heart
Art Direction
1979 Movie
7.5
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Art Designer
1978 Movie
8.0
Man and Technology
Editor
1967 Movie
6.7
The Last Trick
Art Direction
1964 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Jan Švankmajer.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Jan Švankmajer.
7.0
Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj
as Self
2023 Movie
10.0
Kunstkamera
as Self
2022 Movie
Alchemical Furnace
as Himself
2020 Movie
5.0
Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting
as Himself
2018 Movie
5.0
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
as Self
2017 Movie
6.0
Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory
as Self
2017 Movie
Kikoe
2009 Movie
6.0
Les Chimères des Švankmajer
as Self
2001 Movie
6.0
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
1984 Movie