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) - Screenplay · DirectorLandscape of my Heart (2004) - Director · Screenplay · Director of Photography · Original Music ComposerA Memory for the Present (1963) - Writer · DirectorPearls of the Deep (1966) - Director · ScreenplayDas 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 · Writer · Music · Producer · Director of PhotographyNecklace of Melancholy (1968) - Director · ScreenplayČas 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) - Writer · DirectorMartyrs of Love (1967) - Screenplay · Story · DirectorNo Entrance (1960) - (segment "In Pursuit")