FILM DIRECTOR

Jan Svěrák

1965 - Today

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Jan Svěrák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈsvjɛraːk]) (born 6 February 1965 in Žatec) is a Czech film director. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák. He studied documentary filmmaking at the FAMU. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Svěrák has received more than 82,225 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jan Svěrák is the 1,520th most popular film director (down from 1,407th in 2019), the 795th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 680th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Czech Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 82k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jan Svěráks by language

Over the past year Jan Svěrák has had the most page views in the with 29,945 views, followed by English (7,117), and Slovak (2,091). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (98.67%), Swedish (64.11%), and Croatian (40.65%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jan Svěrák ranks 1,520 out of 2,041. Before him are John McNaughton, Roger Michell, Fernando Colomo, Kevin Williamson, Len Wiseman, and Robin Campillo. After him are Roger Avary, Raoul Peck, Frank Perry, Christophe Honoré, Mahamat Saleh Haroun, and Cristina Comencini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Jan Svěrák ranks 415. Before him are Leonel Álvarez, Marjan Mrmić, Cheryl Hines, Aykut Kocaman, Danny Boffin, and Kevin Williamson. After him are Tracy Letts, Takeshi Kusao, Hassan Nader, Roger Avary, Vincent Guérin, and Maria Pitillo.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Svěrák ranks 795 out of 1,200. Before him are Iva Bittová (1958), Libor Radimec (1950), Miroslav Koranda (1934), Karolína Plíšková (1992), Pavel Ploc (1964), and Michal Kadlec (1984). After him are David Rozehnal (1980), Jaroslav Netolička (1954), Jaromír Blažek (1972), Renáta Tomanová (1954), Zdeněk Škrland (1914), and Zdeňka Podkapová (1977).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Jan Svěrák ranks 27. Before him are Jan Němec (1936), Karel Kachyňa (1924), Oldřich Lipský (1924), Martin Frič (1902), Břetislav Pojar (1923), and Jiří Weiss (1913). After him are Jan Hřebejk (1967).

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Filmography

Kolya
Director
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.
May 15o 19967.4 / 10
Dark Blue World
Director
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.
May 17o 20017 / 10
Empties
Director
Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.
Mar 8o 20076.8 / 10