Jan Švankmajer

91, from Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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Biography

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Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934) is a Czech surrealist artist and filmmaker. His work spans several media. He is known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others.

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Timeline

2023Aged 89

  • Poster for Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj

    Self

2022Aged 88

  • Poster for Kunstkamera

    Self

2020Aged 86

  • Poster for Alchemical Furnace

    Himself

2018Aged 84

  • Poster for Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting

    Himself

  • Poster for Insect

    Art Direction

2017Aged 83

2010Aged 76

  • Poster for Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

    Screenplay

2009Aged 75

  • Poster for Kikoe

    (Unknown)

2007Aged 73

  • Poster for Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films

    Director

  • Poster for Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

    Director

2006Aged 72

  • Poster for Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

    Director

2005Aged 71

  • Poster for Lunacy

    Production Design

2003Aged 69

  • Poster for The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer

    Director

2001Aged 67

  • Poster for Les Chimères des Švankmajer

    Self

  • Poster for Little Otik

    Art Direction

1996Aged 62

  • Poster for Food

    Production Design

  • Poster for Conspirators of Pleasure

    Costume Design

1994Aged 60

  • Poster for Faust

    Story

1991Aged 57

  • Poster for The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia

    Art Direction

1990Aged 56

1989Aged 55

  • Poster for Meat Love

    Art Direction

  • Poster for Flora

    Art Direction

  • Poster for Animated Self-Portraits

    Writer

1988Aged 54

  • Poster for Virile Games

    Art Direction

  • Poster for Hugh Cornwell: Another Kind of Love

    Production Design

  • Poster for Alice

    Writer

1986Aged 52

  • Poster for Scalpel, Please

    Art Direction

1984Aged 50

  • Poster for The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Three Veterans

    Art Direction

1983Aged 49

  • Poster for Dimensions of Dialogue

    Art Direction

  • Poster for The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope

    Art Direction

  • Poster for Down to the Cellar

    Art Direction

1982Aged 48

  • Poster for Ferat Vampire

    Special Props

  • Poster for The Fall of the House of Usher

    Art Direction

1981Aged 47

  • Poster for Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci

    Title Designer

  • Poster for Visitors from the Galaxy

    Art Direction

  • Poster for The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

    Special Props

1980Aged 46

  • Poster for Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem

    Title Designer

1979Aged 45

  • Poster for The Ninth Heart

    Title Designer

1978Aged 44

  • Poster for Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

    Art Designer

1977Aged 43

  • Poster for Castle of Otranto

    Screenplay

1972Aged 38

1971Aged 37

  • Poster for Jabberwocky

    Art Direction

1970Aged 36

  • Poster for The Ossuary

    Screenplay

1969Aged 35

  • Poster for Don Juan

    Screenplay

  • Poster for A Quiet Week in the House

    Screenplay

1968Aged 34

  • Poster for The Flat

    Art Direction

  • Poster for Picnic with Weismann

    Editor

  • Poster for The Garden

    Screenplay

1967Aged 33

  • Poster for Man and Technology

    Editor

  • Poster for Et cetera

    Art Direction

  • Poster for Natural History Suite

    Story

1966Aged 32

  • Poster for Punch and Judy

    Art Direction

1965Aged 31

  • Poster for J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor

    Art Direction

  • Poster for A Game with Stones

    Writer

1964Aged 30

  • Poster for The Last Trick

    Art Direction