Karel Zeman
Director, Escritor, Actor
3 de noviembre de 1910 — 5 de abril de 1989 (78 años)
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.
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Filmography
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| 1946 | A Christmas DreamEn Plex |
| 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 |
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| 1955 | A Journey to the Beginning of Time · as Screenplay |
| 1952 | A Treasure on Bird Island · as Screenplay |
| 1950 | King Lavra · as Screenplay |
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| 1946 | A Horseshoe for Luck · as Screenplay |
| 1946 | A Christmas DreamEn Plex |
| 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 | The Tale of John and Mary · as Animation |
| 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 | The Fabulous Baron Munchausen · as Story |
| 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 | A Treasure on Bird Island · as Animation |
| 1946 | A Horseshoe for Luck · as Director Of Photography |
| 1946 | A Christmas Dream · as AnimationEn Plex |