Jan Němec
Directing · Screenplay · Director · Story
Born Jul 12, 1936 · Prague, Czechoslovakia
Active 1958–2016
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."
Filmography
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut (2025) — WriterArnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec — DirectorThe Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) — Cameraman filming the tanks in PragueDiamonds of the Night (1964) — Screenplay · DirectorThe Party and the Guests (1966) — Director · ScreenplayLandscape of my Heart (2004) — Director · Screenplay · Director of Photography · Original Music ComposerA Memory for the Present (1963) — Writer · DirectorPearls of the Deep (1966) — Screenplay · DirectorDas Rückendekolleté (1975) — Director · WriterOratorio for Prague (1968) — DirectorThe Day the Tree Blooms (1961) — Assistant DirectorA Loaf of Bread (1960) — Director · WriterBohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy) (2000)Late Night Talks with Mother (2003) — Jan Němec · Director · Music · Writer · Producer · Director of PhotographyNecklace of Melancholy (1968) — Screenplay · DirectorČas slunce a růží (1968) — DirectorKilling the Devil (1970) — (uncreditted) · ScreenplayMetamorphosis (1975) — Director · WriterToyen (2005) — Commentary (voice) · Director · Producer · ScreenplayČervnové dny (1961) — First Assistant DirectorSeven Days to Remember (1968) — CinematographyGEN (1993) — Director · WriterMartyrs of Love (1967) — Story · Screenplay · DirectorNo Entrance (1960) — (segment "In Pursuit")