Jiří Trnka

Directing·Feb 24, 1912·Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko

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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.

Film	Credit
The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka2000 · Self (archive footage), Producer, Director, Writer	Self (archive footage), Producer, Director, Writer
Jirí Trnka: Puppet Animation Master1999 · Actor	Actor
JJiří Trnka1967 · Himself	Himself
The Hand1965 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose1965 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Cybernetic Grandma1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
PPassion1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Midsummer's Night Dream1959 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
SSkutečnost Noci svatojánské1959 · Self	Self
Why UNESCO?1959 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
TTo jsou Bratři v triku1957 · Himself	Himself
The Good Soldier Svejk1956 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
OOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase1956 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
LLoutky Jiřího Trnky1956 · Actor	Actor
The Hurvinek Circus1955 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Two Little Frosts1955 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
OOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku1955 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
HHow the Old Man Traded It All Away1954 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
KKutasek and Kutilka1954 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
OOsudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče1954 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Old Czech Legends1953 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Prince Bayaya1951 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
TThe Merry Circus1951 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
TThe Golden Fish1951 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Emperor's Nightingale1949 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Story of the Bass Cello1949 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Devil's Mill1949 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Song of the Prairie1949 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Czech Year1947 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
TThe Animals and the Brigands1947 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
TThe Gift1947 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
LLiška a džbán1947 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Springman and the SS1946 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
GGrandpa Planted a Beet1946 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
VVelryba - AbyrlevWriter	Writer