Karel Zeman

Režisér, Scénárista, Herec

3. listopadu 1910 — 5. dubna 1989 (78 let)
Karel Zeman was a brilliant pioneer of special effects in film. Despite his artistic talent, his parents insisted he study business. At the age of 17, he went to Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, where he studied advertising design. In 1943, the film director Elmar Klos offered him a job at the Bata Film Studios. Zeman often had to struggle against difficult conditions in the technically ill-equipped Kudlov Studios. Many of the workers with whom he started had no particular experience of filming. They, like Zeman himself, had to learn everything on the job. Journey to the Beginning of Time, released in 1955, became Zeman's breakthrough film, his first to combine live action, animation and puppetry. Four years later, Invention for Destruction saw him shoot to world-wide success. Zeman continued to develop his highly successful use of special effects in The Fabulous Baron Munchausen and the two Jules Verne adaptations that followed. In the 70's, Zeman returned to making strictly animated films. In the late 70's Zeman was threatened with the loss of his sight, but he overcame the disease and continued working. In the final stages of his life he suffered from heart problems.

Filmy a seriály na Plexu

  • Vánoční Sen
    Vánoční Sen1945

Známý pro

  • Baron Prášil
    Baron Prášil1962
  • Vynález Zkázy
    Vynález Zkázy1958
  • Cesta do Pravěku
    Cesta do Pravěku1955
  • Čarodějův Učeň
    Čarodějův Učeň1978
  • Vánoční Sen
    Vánoční Sen1945
  • Na kometě
    Na kometě1970
  • Ukradená vzducholoď
    Ukradená vzducholoď1967
  • Inspirace
    Inspirace1949
  • Bláznova kronika
    Bláznova kronika1964
  • Pohádka o Honzíkovi a Mařence
    Pohádka o Honzíkovi a Mařence1980
  • Král Lávra
    Král Lávra1951
  • Podkova pro štěstí
    Podkova pro štěstí1946
  • Poklad Ptačího ostrova
    Poklad Ptačího ostrova1952

Filmografie

1980
1978
The Sorcerer's Apprentice · as Screenplay
1974
A Thousand and One Nights · as Screenplay
1970
On the Comet · as Screenplay
1967
Ukradená vzducholod · as Screenplay
1964
Bláznova kronika · as Screenplay
1960
1955
1952
A Treasure on Bird Island · as Screenplay
1950
King Lavra · as Screenplay
1949
1946
A Horseshoe for Luck · as Screenplay
1946

1949
Inspiration · as Glass Blower

2015
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman · as Self (archive Footage)

2001
Sindbad · as Scenario Writer
1980
The Tale of John and Mary · as Art Direction
1980
1978
The Sorcerer's Apprentice · as Art Direction
1974
A Thousand and One Nights · as Art Direction
1970
On the Comet · as Art Direction
1967
Ukradená vzducholod · as Art Direction
1962
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen · as Production Designer
1962
1958
Invention for Destruction · as Production Design
1958
Invention for Destruction · as Screenstory
1955
A Journey to the Beginning of Time · as Production Designer
1952
1946
A Horseshoe for Luck · as Director Of Photography
1946
A Christmas Dream · as AnimationNa Plexu