Jiří Trnka
Directing · Art Designer · Director · Art Direction
Born Feb 24, 1912 · Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko
Active 1946–1969 · Awards: Národní umělec, Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration, honorary citizen of Plzeň
A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war he designed stage sets and illustrated children's books.
Filmography
The Hand (1965) — Director · Story · Art Direction · ScreenplayLemonade Joe (1964) — Art DesignerOnce Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955) — Art DesignerThe Emperor and the Golem (1951) — Costume DesignA Midsummer's Night Dream (1959) — Director · Art Designer · ScreenplayThe Good Soldier Svejk (1956) — Director · WriterSpejbl on the Trail (1956) — Art DesignerCapek's Tales (1947) — Art DesignerSpringman and the SS (1946) — Director · Screenplay · Art Designer · Supervising Art DirectorThe Good Soldier Schweik (1986) — DirectorTwo Little Frosts (1955) — Director · Art Designer · Story · ScreenplayOld Czech Legends (1953) — Art Designer · Director · Screenplay · StoryCybernetic Grandma (1963) — Director · Screenplay · Art DirectionPrince Bayaya (1951) — Director · Screenplay · Art DirectionJan Žižka (1956) — Costume DesignBomb Mania (1959) — Art DesignerParaplíčko (1957) — Art DesignerSong of the Prairie (1949) — Art Designer · Director · ScreenplayJan Hus (1955) — Art Designer · Costume DesignThe Czech Year (1947) — Director · Story · Art Direction · Screenplay · EditorPassion (1961) — Art Designer · Director · Story · ScreenplayArchangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose (1965) — Director · Art Direction · Screenplay · StoryThe Emperor's Nightingale (1949) — Art Designer · Director · Editor · ScreenplayStory of the Bass Cello (1949) — Director · Screenplay · Story · Art Direction