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FILM DIRECTOR

Jan Švankmajer

1934 - Today

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Jan Švankmajer (* 4 September 1934 Prague) is a Czech film director, animator, writer, playwright and artist. He draws and makes free graphics, collage, ceramics, tactile objects and assemblages. In the early 1960s, he explored informel, which later became an important part of the visual form of his animated films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Švankmajer has received more than 662,451 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Jan Švankmajer is the 149th most popular film director (down from 141st in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 90th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Film Director.

Jan Švankmajer is a Czech surrealist filmmaker who is most famous for his short films.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.44

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  • 2.43

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jan Švankmajer ranks 149 out of 1,581Before him are Jacques Demy, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Wong Kar-wai, Victor Sjöström, Abel Gance, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. After him are Ed Wood, Joris Ivens, Robert Wise, Roland Emmerich, Sergei Bondarchuk, and Denis Villeneuve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jan Švankmajer ranks 51Before him are Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Lansana Conté, John Surtees, Wole Soyinka, Louise Fletcher, and Jonas Savimbi. After him are Bengt I. Samuelsson, Alfred Schnittke, Stanislav Shushkevich, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Eduard Khil, and David J. Thouless.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Švankmajer ranks 99 out of 973Before him are Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856), Franz Reichelt (1879), Alois Senefelder (1771), Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867), Josef Suk (1874), and Zdeněk Miler (1921). After him are Martina Navratilova (1956), Anton Reicha (1770), Daniel Swarovski (1862), Stanislav Grof (1931), Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1035), and Mojmir I of Moravia (795).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Jan Švankmajer ranks 3Before him are Miloš Forman (1932) and Jiří Menzel (1938). After him are G. W. Pabst (1885), Věra Chytilová (1929), Karel Zeman (1910), Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), František Čáp (1913), Otakar Vávra (1911), and Ivan Passer (1933).

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