Jiří Trnka
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: February 24, 1912
Day of Death: December 30, 1969 (58 years old)
Place of Birth: 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 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.
1999
1986
1977
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1967
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1956
Actor
Loutky Jiřího Trnky
Director
The Good Soldier Schweik
Writer
The Good Soldier Schweik
Costume Design
Jan Žižka
Director
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
Screenplay
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
Art Designer
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
Art Designer
Spejbl on the Trail
1955
Director
Two Little Frosts
Director
The Hurvinek Circus
Art Designer
The Hurvinek Circus
Screenplay
Two Little Frosts
Story
Two Little Frosts
Screenplay
The Hurvinek Circus
Costume Design
Jan Hus
Art Designer
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Art Designer
Two Little Frosts
Art Designer
Jan Hus
Director
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
Screenplay
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
Art Designer
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
1954
Director
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
Director
Kutasek and Kutilka
Screenplay
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
Screenplay
Kutasek and Kutilka
Art Designer
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
Art Designer
A Drop Too Much
Art Designer
Kutasek and Kutilka
Director
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
Screenplay
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
Art Designer
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
1953
1952
1951
1949
Director
The Devil's Mill
Director
Story of the Bass Cello
Director
Song of the Prairie
Director
The Emperor's Nightingale
Screenplay
Song of the Prairie
Screenplay
The Emperor's Nightingale
Screenplay
The Devil's Mill
Editor
The Emperor's Nightingale
Story
The Devil's Mill
Story
Story of the Bass Cello
Art Direction
Story of the Bass Cello
Screenplay
Story of the Bass Cello
Art Designer
The Emperor's Nightingale
Art Designer
Song of the Prairie
Art Designer
The Devil's Mill
1947
Director
The Animals and the Brigands
Director
The Czech Year
Director
The Gift
Screenplay
The Gift
Art Direction
The Czech Year
Story
The Czech Year
Story
The Gift
Screenplay
The Czech Year
Screenplay
Liška a džbán
Editor
The Czech Year
Story
The Animals and the Brigands
Screenplay
The Animals and the Brigands
Art Designer
The Gift
Art Designer
The Animals and the Brigands
Supervising Art Director
The Gift
Supervising Art Director
The Animals and the Brigands
Art Designer
Capek's Tales
Art Designer
Liška a džbán
Supervising Art Director
Liška a džbán
Art Designer
Míša Kulička