Jan Svěrák
Directing · Director · Producer · Screenplay
Born Feb 6, 1965 · Žatec, Protektorát Čechy a Morava [now Czech Republic]
Active 1986–present · Awards: Annual award ACFK, Czech Lion for Best Director, Czech Lion for Best Director, Czech Lion for Best Director, KVIFF President´s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Czech Cinema
Jan Svěrák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈsvjɛraːk]) (born 6 February 1965 in Žatec) is a Czech film director. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák. He studied documentary filmmaking at FAMU.
Filmography
Five plums (2026) - Director · Writer · ProducerZdeněk Svěrák 90 (2026)Bethlehem Light (2022) - Director · ScreenplayBarefoot (2017) - Director · Screenplay · ProducerThree Brothers (2014) - Director · ProducerKooky (2010) - Screenplay · Director · ProducerGuard No. 47 (2008)Empties (2007) - Director · ProducerLittle Girl Blue (2007) - ProducerFrom Subway with Love (2005) - číšníkDaddy (2004) - Scenario Writer · DirectorDark Blue World (2001) - Director · ProducerRebels (2001)An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World (1997)Kolya (1996) - Director · ProducerVálka barev (1995)Accumulator 1 (1994) - Director · ScreenplayThe Ride (1994) - Director · ScreenplayThe Elementary School (1991) - DirectorAn Uncertain Season (1988)Oil Gobblers (1988) - Director · WriterVesmírná Odysea II (1986) - Director · Screenplay