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Jiří Trnka
Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko
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 il…
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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. In 1945 he set up an animation unit with several collaborators at the Prague film studio; they called the unit "Trick Brothers." Trnka specialized in puppet animation, a traditional Czech art form, of which he became the undisputed master. He also created animated cartoons, but it was his puppet animation that made him an internationally recognized artist and the winner of film festival awards at Venice and elsewhere. He wrote the scripts for most of his own films.
Filmography
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2000
The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 1999
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1986
The Good Soldier Schweik
TV show Director
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1977
How to Catch a Tiger
Movie Book
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1976
About the Thick Fog
Movie Book
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1974
Garden
TV show Book
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1967
Jiří Trnka
Movie Himself
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1966
Joy of Love
Movie Art Direction
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1965
The Hand
Movie Director
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1965
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
Movie Director
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1964
Lemonade Joe
Movie Art Designer
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1963
Cybernetic Grandma
Movie Director
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1962
Zlý jelen
Movie Art Direction
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1961
Passion
Movie Art Designer
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1960
The Midnight Adventure
Movie Art Designer
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1959
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Movie Director
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1959
Skutečnost Noci svatojánské
Movie Self
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1959
Why UNESCO?
Movie Art Designer
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1959
Bomb Mania
Movie Art Designer
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1957
Against All
Movie Costume Design
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1957
Paraplíčko
Movie Art Designer
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1957
To jsou Bratři v triku
Movie Himself
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1956
Spejbl on the Trail
Movie Art Designer
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1956
The Good Soldier Svejk
Movie Director
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1956
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
Movie Director
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1956
Jan Žižka
Movie Costume Design
- 1956
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1955
The Hurvinek Circus
Movie Director
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1955
Jan Hus
Movie Art Designer
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1955
Two Little Frosts
Movie Director
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1955
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Movie Art Designer
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1955
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
Movie Director
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1954
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
Movie Art Designer
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1954
Kutasek and Kutilka
Movie Art Designer
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1954
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
Movie Director
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1954
A Drop Too Much
Movie Art Direction
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1953
Old Czech Legends
Movie Art Designer
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1951
The Emperor and the Golem
Movie Costume Design
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1951
The Gingerbread House
Movie Art Designer
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1951
Prince Bayaya
Movie Director
