Jan Němec

Jan Němec

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

12/07/1936

Day of Death

18/03/2016
(80) 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."

Filmography

Cast

2005

Toyen

as Commentary (voice)

2005

Searching for Ester

as Himself

1991

Flames of Royal Love

as (uncredited)

1988

'68

as Dezsö Horváth

1988

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague

1982

Horí

1970

Killing the Devil

as (uncreditted)

1960

No Entrance

as (segment "In Pursuit")

Crew

2016

Deckname Holec

as Story

2010

Heart Beat 3D

as Director

2010

Heart Beat 3D

as Writer

2009

The Ferrari Dino Girl

as Director

2008

Heart Above the Castle

as Director

2008

Heart Above the Castle

as Screenplay

2008

Heart Above the Castle

as Camera Operator

2005

Toyen

as Director

2005

Toyen

as Screenplay

2005

Toyen

as Producer

2004

Landscape of my Heart

as Director

2003

Late Night Talks with Mother

as Director of Photography

1996

Code Name: Ruby

as Director

1996

Code Name: Ruby

as Producer

1996

Code Name: Ruby

as Screenplay

1996

Code Name: Ruby

as Story

1996

Code Name: Ruby

as Still Photographer

1996

Code Name: Ruby

as Additional Photography

1991

Flames of Royal Love

as Director

1991

Flames of Royal Love

as Screenplay

1975

Metamorphosis

as Director

1975

Metamorphosis

as Writer

1975

Das Rückendekolleté

as Director

1970

Killing the Devil

as Screenplay

1969

Proudy lásku odnesou

as Screenplay

1969

Proudy lásku odnesou

as Director

1968

Čas slunce a růží

as Director

1968

Oratorio for Prague

as Director

1968

Seven Days to Remember

as Cinematography

1968

Necklace of Melancholy

as Screenplay

1968

Necklace of Melancholy

as Director

1967

Martyrs of Love

as Story

1967

Martyrs of Love

as Screenplay

1967

Martyrs of Love

as Director

1966

The Party and the Guests

as Screenplay

1966

Pearls of the Deep

as Director

1966

Pearls of the Deep

as Screenplay

1964

Diamonds of the Night

as Screenplay

1964

Diamonds of the Night

as Director

1961

Červnové dny

as First Assistant Director

1961

The Day the Tree Blooms

as Assistant Director

1961

Osení

as Assistant Director

1960

A Loaf of Bread

as Director

1960

A Loaf of Bread

as Writer

1958

Povodeň

as Assistant Director