Jan Němec
Known for exceptional directing in global cinema.
Profession
Directing
Birthday
12 Jul 1936
Age
90 Years
Born In
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Total Projects
20
Years Active
63 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.3 ★
Overview
Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."
Known For
Golden Sixties
2009
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
2016
Killing the Devil
1970
Flames of Royal Love
1991
An Occasion to Speak
1966
Corpus delicti
1991
The Ferrari Dino Girl
2009
Hranice
2006
'68
1988
Filmography
movie
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
as Self
movie
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
as Self
movie
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
as self
movie
The Ferrari Dino Girl
The Ferrari Dino Girl
tv
Golden Sixties
Golden Sixties
as Self
movie
Hranice
Hranice
movie
Toyen
Toyen
as Commentary (voice)
movie
Searching for Ester
Searching for Ester
as Himself
movie
Late Night Talks with Mother
Late Night Talks with Mother
as Jan Němec
movie
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
movie
Corpus delicti
Corpus delicti
movie
Flames of Royal Love
Flames of Royal Love
as (uncredited)
movie
'68
'68
as Dezsö Horváth
movie
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
movie
Horí
Horí
movie
Killing the Devil
Killing the Devil
as (uncreditted)
movie
Oratorio for Prague
Oratorio for Prague
as Self
movie
Necklace of Melancholy
Necklace of Melancholy
movie
An Occasion to Speak
An Occasion to Speak
as Self
movie
No Entrance
No Entrance
as (segment "In Pursuit")