Jiří Trnka

Regie, Autor, Schnitt, Produzent

24. Februar 1912 — 30. Dezember 1969 (57 Jahre)
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.

Bekannt aus

  • The Hand
    The Hand1965
  • Ein Sommernachtstraum
    Ein Sommernachtstraum1959
  • Der Kaiser und die Nachtigall
    Der Kaiser und die Nachtigall1949
  • Old Czech Legends
    Old Czech Legends1953
  • Song of the Prairie
    Song of the Prairie1949
  • Prinz Bajaja
    Prinz Bajaja1951

Filmografie