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 Good Soldier Schweik (1986) - DirectorThe Hand (1965) - Director · Story · Art Direction · ScreenplayArchangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose (1965) - Director · Screenplay · Art Direction · StoryLemonade Joe (1964) - Art DesignerCybernetic Grandma (1963) - Director · Screenplay · Art DirectionPassion (1961) - Art Designer · Director · Story · ScreenplayA Midsummer's Night Dream (1959) - Director · Art Designer · ScreenplayBomb Mania (1959) - Art DesignerParaplíčko (1957) - Art DesignerThe Good Soldier Svejk (1956) - Director · WriterSpejbl on the Trail (1956) - Art DesignerJan Žižka (1956) - Costume DesignOnce Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955) - Art DesignerTwo Little Frosts (1955) - Director · Art Designer · Screenplay · StoryJan Hus (1955) - Art Designer · Costume DesignOld Czech Legends (1953) - Art Designer · Director · Screenplay · StoryThe Emperor and the Golem (1951) - Costume DesignPrince Bayaya (1951) - Director · Screenplay · Art DirectionSong of the Prairie (1949) - Art Designer · Director · ScreenplayThe Emperor's Nightingale (1949) - Art Designer · Director · Editor · ScreenplayStory of the Bass Cello (1949) - Director · Art Direction · Story · ScreenplayCapek's Tales (1947) - Art DesignerThe Czech Year (1947) - Director · Story · Art Direction · Editor · ScreenplaySpringman and the SS (1946) - Director · Screenplay · Art Designer · Supervising Art Director