Jiří Trnka

Jiří Trnka

b. 1912 — d. 1969 (aged 57) Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko
Director Writer

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.

Known For

Filmography

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★ 7.4
Velryba - Abyrlev
1977 Writer
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★ 7.8
Jak ulovit tygra
1976 Writer
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★ 7.5
O mysích ve staniolu
1976 Writer
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★ 7.5
O té velké mlze
1975 Writer
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★ 7.3
Milovník zvírat
1974 Writer
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★ 7.6
Jirí Trnka
1967 Self
The Hand
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★ 7.9
The Hand
1965 Director Writer
Archangel Gabriel and Madame Goose
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★ 6.3
Archangel Gabriel and Madame Goose
1965 Director Writer
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Treffpunkt Kino
1964 Director Writer
Cybernetic Grandmother
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★ 7.3
Cybernetic Grandmother
1962 Director
Obsession
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★ 6.9
Obsession
1961 Director Writer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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★ 7.1
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1959 Director Writer
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To jsou Bratri v triku
1957 Self
Loutky Jirího Trnky
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Loutky Jirího Trnky
1956 Self
Cirkus Hurvínek
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★ 6.5
Cirkus Hurvínek
1955 Director Writer
The Good Soldier Schweik
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★ 7.4
The Good Soldier Schweik
1954 Director Writer
Kutasek a Kutilka - Jak rano vstavali
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★ 5.7
Kutasek a Kutilka - Jak rano vstavali
1954 Director Writer
Old Czech Legends
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★ 7.2
Old Czech Legends
1953 Director Writer
Two Little Frosts
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★ 7.3
Two Little Frosts
1953 Director Writer
Bajaja
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★ 6.7
Bajaja
1951 Director Writer
The Merry Circus
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★ 6.1
The Merry Circus
1951 Director
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★ 6.9
The Golden Fish
1951 Director
Story of the Bass Cello
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★ 6.5
Story of the Bass Cello
1950 Director
The Emperor's Nightingale
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★ 6.7
The Emperor's Nightingale
1949 Director Writer
Song of the Prairie
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★ 6.6
Song of the Prairie
1949 Director
The Devil's Mill
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★ 6.9
The Devil's Mill
1949 Director Writer
The Czech Year
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★ 7.0
The Czech Year
1947 Director Writer
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Legenda o sv. Prokopu
1947 Director Writer
The Chimney Sweep
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★ 6.8
The Chimney Sweep
1946 Director Writer
Dárek
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★ 5.6
Dárek
1946 Director Writer
Zvírátka a petrovstí
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★ 6.0
Zvírátka a petrovstí
1946 Director Writer
Zasadil dedek repu
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★ 6.5
Zasadil dedek repu
1945 Director