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Jan Němec

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Jan Němec

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jul 12, 1936 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Biography

Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."

Known For

Acting
2023Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of HistorySelf
2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard StreetSelf
2014Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“self
2009The Ferrari Dino Girl
2009Golden SixtiesSelf
2006Hranice
2005Searching for EsterHimself
2005ToyenCommentary (voice)
2003Late Night Talks with MotherJan Němec
2000Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
1991Corpus delicti
1991Flames of Royal Love(uncredited)
1988'68Dezsö Horváth
1988The Unbearable Lightness of BeingCameraman filming the tanks in Prague
1982Horí
1970Killing the Devil(uncreditted)
1968Oratorio for PragueSelf
1968Necklace of Melancholy
1966An Occasion to SpeakSelf
1960No Entrance(segment "In Pursuit")
Production
2005ToyenProducer
2003Late Night Talks with MotherProducer
1996Code Name: RubyProducer
Directing
2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard StreetDirector
2010Heart Beat 3DDirector
2009The Ferrari Dino GirlDirector
2008Heart Above the CastleDirector
2005ToyenDirector
2004Landscape of my HeartDirector
2003Late Night Talks with MotherDirector
1996Code Name: RubyDirector
1995GENUSDirector
1993GENDirector
1991Flames of Royal LoveDirector
1975MetamorphosisDirector
1975Das RückendekolletéDirector
1969Proudy lásku odnesouDirector
1968Čas slunce a růžíDirector
1968Oratorio for PragueDirector
1968Necklace of MelancholyDirector
1968The Strahov DemonstrationDirector
1967Martyrs of LoveDirector
1966The Party and the GuestsDirector
1966Pearls of the DeepDirector
1964Diamonds of the NightDirector
1963A Memory for the PresentDirector
1961Červnové dnyFirst Assistant Director
1961The Day the Tree BloomsAssistant Director
1961OseníAssistant Director
1960A Loaf of BreadDirector
1958PovodeňAssistant Director
-Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan NemecDirector
Writing
2025Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic CutWriter
2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard StreetWriter
2016Deckname HolecStory
2010Heart Beat 3DWriter
2009The Ferrari Dino GirlWriter
2008Heart Above the CastleScreenplay
2008Heart Above the CastleStory
2005ToyenScreenplay
2004Landscape of my HeartScreenplay
2003Late Night Talks with MotherWriter
1996Code Name: RubyScreenplay
1996Code Name: RubyStory
1995GENUSWriter
1993GENWriter
1991Flames of Royal LoveScreenplay
1975Das RückendekolletéWriter
1975MetamorphosisWriter
1970Killing the DevilScreenplay
1969Proudy lásku odnesouStory
1969Proudy lásku odnesouScreenplay
1968Necklace of MelancholyScreenplay
1967Martyrs of LoveScreenplay
1967Martyrs of LoveStory
1966The Party and the GuestsScreenplay
1966Pearls of the DeepScreenplay
1964Diamonds of the NightScreenplay
1963A Memory for the PresentWriter
1960A Loaf of BreadWriter
Crew
1968Seven Days to RememberCinematography