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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-02-24 (113 years old)

Place of Birth

Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko

Jiří Trnka

Biography:

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

Acting

1999

1967

Jiří Trnka as Himself

1959

1957

1956

Art

1966

Joy of Love as Art Direction

1965

The Hand as Art Direction

1964

Lemonade Joe as Art Designer

1963

Cybernetic Grandma as Art Direction

1962

Zlý jelen as Art Direction

1961

Passion as Art Designer

1960

The Midnight Adventure as Art Designer

1959

Why UNESCO? as Art Designer
Bomb Mania as Art Designer

1957

Paraplíčko as Art Designer

1953

Old Czech Legends as Art Designer

1951

The Golden Fish as Art Designer
The Gingerbread House as Art Designer
The Merry Circus as Graphic Designer
Prince Bayaya as Art Direction

1949

Song of the Prairie as Art Designer
The Devil's Mill as Art Designer
Story of the Bass Cello as Art Direction

1947

The Czech Year as Art Direction
The Gift as Art Designer
The Gift as Supervising Art Director
The Animals and the Brigands as Supervising Art Director
Capek's Tales as Art Designer
Liška a džbán as Art Designer
Liška a džbán as Supervising Art Director
Míša Kulička as Art Designer

1946

Springman and the SS as Art Designer
Springman and the SS as Supervising Art Director

1945

Grandpa Planted a Beet as Art Direction

Directing

1963

Cybernetic Grandma as Director

1961

Passion as Director

1959

Why UNESCO? as Director

1953

Old Czech Legends as Director

1951

The Golden Fish as Director
Prince Bayaya as Director
The Merry Circus as Director

1947

The Czech Year as Director
The Gift as Director

1946

1945

Writing

1974

Garden as Book

1963

Cybernetic Grandma as Screenplay

1961

Passion as Story
Passion as Screenplay

1959

Why UNESCO? as Screenplay
Why UNESCO? as Idea

1953

Old Czech Legends as Screenplay

1951

The Merry Circus as Screenplay
Prince Bayaya as Screenplay
The Golden Fish as Screenplay

1947

The Gift as Story
The Gift as Screenplay
Liška a džbán as Screenplay
The Czech Year as Screenplay

1946

Springman and the SS as Screenplay

Costume & Make-Up

1957

Against All as Costume Design

1956

Jan Žižka as Costume Design

1955

Jan Hus as Costume Design

1952

The Emperor and the Golem as Costume Design

Editing

1947

The Czech Year as Editor

Production