Jiří Trnka
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing29
tvThe Good Soldier Schweik
1986
Director
movieThe Hand
1965
Director
movieCybernetic Grandma
1963
Director
Passion
1961
Director
movieWhy UNESCO?
1959
Director
movieThe Good Soldier Svejk
1956
Director
movieThe Hurvinek Circus
1955
Director
movieTwo Little Frosts
1955
Director
movieOld Czech Legends
1953
Director
moviePrince Bayaya
1951
Director
movieStory of the Bass Cello
1949
Director
movieSong of the Prairie
1949
Director
movieThe Devil's Mill
1949
Director
movieThe Czech Year
1947
Director
The Gift
1947
Director
movieSpringman and the SS
1946
Director
Art40
movieJoy of Love
1966
Art Direction
movieThe Hand
1965
Art Direction
movieArchangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
1965
Art Direction
movieLemonade Joe
1964
Art Designer
movieCybernetic Grandma
1963
Art Direction
Zlý jelen
1962
Art Direction
Passion
1961
Art Designer
movieA Midsummer's Night Dream
1959
Art Designer
movieWhy UNESCO?
1959
Art Designer
Bomb Mania
1959
Art Designer
movieParaplíčko
1957
Art Designer
Spejbl on the Trail
1956
Art Designer
movieThe Hurvinek Circus
1955
Art Designer
movieJan Hus
1955
Art Designer
movieTwo Little Frosts
1955
Art Designer
movieOnce Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955
Art Designer
Kutasek and Kutilka
1954
Art Designer
movieA Drop Too Much
1954
Art Direction
movieOld Czech Legends
1953
Art Designer
movieThe Gingerbread House
1951
Art Designer
moviePrince Bayaya
1951
Art Direction
The Golden Fish
1951
Art Designer
The Merry Circus
1951
Graphic Designer
movieThe Emperor's Nightingale
1949
Art Designer
movieSong of the Prairie
1949
Art Designer
movieThe Devil's Mill
1949
Art Designer
movieStory of the Bass Cello
1949
Art Direction
movieThe Czech Year
1947
Art Direction
movieCapek's Tales
1947
Art Designer
The Gift
1947
Art Designer, Supervising Art Director
The Animals and the Brigands
1947
Supervising Art Director, Art Designer
Míša Kulička
1947
Art Designer
Liška a džbán
1947
Art Designer, Supervising Art Director
movieSpringman and the SS
1946
Art Designer, Supervising Art Director
Writing33
tvGarden
1974
Book
movieThe Hand
1965
Story, Screenplay
movieArchangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
1965
Screenplay, Story
movieCybernetic Grandma
1963
Screenplay
Passion
1961
Story, Screenplay
movieA Midsummer's Night Dream
1959
Screenplay
movieWhy UNESCO?
1959
Screenplay, Story
movieThe Hurvinek Circus
1955
Screenplay
movieTwo Little Frosts
1955
Story, Screenplay
movieOld Czech Legends
1953
Screenplay, Story
moviePrince Bayaya
1951
Screenplay
The Merry Circus
1951
Story, Screenplay
The Golden Fish
1951
Screenplay
movieThe Emperor's Nightingale
1949
Screenplay
movieStory of the Bass Cello
1949
Screenplay, Story
movieSong of the Prairie
1949
Screenplay
movieThe Devil's Mill
1949
Screenplay, Story
movieThe Czech Year
1947
Story, Screenplay
The Gift
1947
Story, Screenplay
Liška a džbán
1947
Screenplay
The Animals and the Brigands
1947
Screenplay, Story
movieSpringman and the SS
1946
Screenplay
Grandpa Planted a Beet
1946
Story, Screenplay
Acting6
movieThe Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
2000
Self (archive footage)
Costume & Make-Up4
movieAgainst All
1957
Costume Design
movieJan Žižka
1956
Costume Design
movieJan Hus
1955
Costume Design
movieThe Emperor and the Golem
1951
Costume Design