Jiří Weiss

Directing·Mar 29, 1913·Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

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Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue. Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. His father was a Czech patriot and named his son after Czech king Jiří of Poděbrady.His parents were Emil Weiss (1880–1942) and Martha Weissová (née Fuchsová; 1882–1944). Emil Weiss owned a liqueur factory in Libeň district. Since his youth, Jiří was an staunch communist, which was at the heart of disputes with his capitalist parents. As a young boy he was friends with Franz Kafka's niece Marianne Pollaková and thanks to her he was able to read the books of then-unknown writer Kafka in the 1920s. Weiss was interested in studying at film school, but his parents wished he studied law. While still a minor, he left his home and lived with his friend K. M. Walló [cs]. Weiss started to work as a copywriter in advertising. His father, who disagreed with his life choices and could still make decisions about his underage son, had him institutionalized in a mental hospital. Weiss never spoke to his father ever again. In his early twenties, he started working as a copywriter for the Prague branch of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. At this time, he wrote his first book – a story for children O věrné Hadimršce. He befriended leading intellectuals of the Left Front in Prague, including Vladislav Vančura and Ivan Olbracht. In 1934, Vančura invited him to be an assistant cinematographer on his movie Marijka the Faithless, based on Olbracht's book.

Film	Credit
Martha and I1990 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
WWie man seinen Gatten los wird1970 · Director	Director
DDie Herberge1970 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
WWaterloo1969 · Director	Director
SSpravedlnost pro Selvina1968 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Murder Czech Style1967 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
90° in the Shade1965 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Golden Fern1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
PPromiňte, omyl!1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Coward1962 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness1960 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
That Kind of Love1959 · Concert attendant, Director, Screenplay	Concert attendant, Director, Screenplay
Wolf Trap1958 · Director	Director
The Girl Robinson Crusoe1957 · Screenplay	Screenplay
A Life at Stake1956 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Punta and the Four-Leaf Clover1955 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
MMůj přítel Fabián1955 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Vstanou noví bojovníci1951 · Director	Director
DDays of Joy1951 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
TThe Last Shot1950 · Director	Director
PPíseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry1949 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
PPíseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí1949 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
WWild Beasts1948 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Stolen Border1947 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
WWe Will Remain Faithful1945 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
NNight and Day1945 · Director	Director
Before the Raid1944 · Director	Director
TThe Other RAF1942 · Director	Director
100,000,000 Women1942 · Director	Director
JJohn Smith Wakes Up1941 · Director	Director
EEternal Prague1940 · Director	Director
WWho Killed Jack Robins?1940 · Director	Director
The Rape of Czechoslovakia1939 · Director	Director
TThe Illusion Factory1938 · Self, Director, Screenplay	Self, Director, Screenplay
The Sun Shines On The River Lužnicí1937 · Director	Director
Song of Ruthenia1937 · Director	Director
DDejte nám křídla1936 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay