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Hermína Týrlová
Brezové Hory, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Hermína Týrlová was a prominent Czech animator, screen writer, and film director. Often called the mother of Czech animation over the course of her career, she produced over 60 an…
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Hermína Týrlová was a prominent Czech animator, screen writer, and film director. Often called the mother of Czech animation over the course of her career, she produced over 60 animated children's short films using puppets and the technique of stop motion animation. Born in Březové Hory in Central Bohemia, Hermína Týrlová learned puppet-making skills from her father, who was a woodworker and made small wood figurines. As a teenager, she moved to Prague to make a living acting, singing, and dancing in vaudeville. She also began writing and illustrating children's magazines. In 1925, she joined Studio AB, where she met her future husband, Karel Dodal. The studio produced animated films for advertising companies such as Elektrajournal and IRE-Film.Dodal and Týrlová produced 5 animated advertising films together, and in 1935, they co-directed the first commercial Czech puppet animation film, Tajemství Lucerny ("The Lantern's Secret"). Following the 1939 German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Karel Dodal took exile in the United States and then Argentina. Týrlová chose to remain in Czechoslovakia. In 1941, she moved to Zlín in eastern Moravia to work with Ladislav Kolda at Bata Studios, where she remained for the rest of her life. In 1944, she released the short film Ferda Mravenec ("Fernando the Ant"), which achieved worldwide popularity. The original puppet for the main character is on display in the Toy Museum in Figueres, Spain. In 1947, she co-directed Vzpoura Hracek ("Revolt of the Toys") with Frantisek Sadek, which combined stop-motion animation with live action footage. She continued to write and direct animated films until 1986, and she died in Zlín on May 3, 1993 at the age of 92.
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2016
Ferdy the Ant
Movie Director
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2011
L'Atelier enchanté
Movie Director
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2010
Les Contes de la ferme
Movie Director
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1990
I Count on the Wire
Movie Director
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1987
Monkey Love?
Movie Screenplay
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1986
Přijď, až zase omládnu
Movie Herself
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1983
The Naughty Slingshot
Movie Screenplay
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1982
Skittish Brothers
Movie Director
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1982
Devilish Tricks
Movie Screenplay
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1981
Lullaby
Movie Screenplay
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1981
Já tomu říkám nedrcat se o nebesa
Movie Herself
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1981
Konec kouzelníka Uhahuly
Movie Screenplay
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1980
Jak si Jakub naposledy vystřelil
Movie Director
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1980
Hračky pračky
Movie Director
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1979
Příhody brouka Pytlíka
Movie Director
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1979
Ferda in the Anthill
Movie Director
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1979
Ferda The Ant In The Foreign Service
Movie Director
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1977
Příhody Ferdy mravence
Movie Director
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1976
Já a Kiki
Movie Director
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1975
Já a Fousek
Movie Director
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1975
Já a Bleděmodrá
Movie Director
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1974
The Mischievous Boy
Movie Director
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1974
Oslík ušatec
Movie Writer
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1974
Já a Bělovous Zrzunda
Movie Director
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1974
Já a můj dvojnožec
Movie Director
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1973
Jak pejsek vyčmuchal darebáka
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1973
Růžové brýle
Movie Story
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1973
Vánoce u zvířátek
Movie Screenplay
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1973
Animal’s Best Friend
Movie Director
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1972
Ukradené dítě
Movie Story
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1972
Pejskův sen
Movie Story
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1972
Obávaná kačena
Movie Story
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1972
Kluk dostává filipa
Movie Story
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1971
Toulavé telátko
Movie Director
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1971
Píšťalka
Movie Screenplay
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1970
Den se sedmi křížky
Movie Herself
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1970
Malovánky
Movie Story
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1969
Star of Bethlehem
Movie Story
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1968
Coral Fairytale
Movie Director
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1968
Christmas Tree
Movie Director
