Jan Němec

Jan Němec

Directing

Born: 1936-07-12 in Prague, Czechoslovakia

Biography

Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."

Known For

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague

No Poster

Golden Sixties

Self

Killing the Devil

Killing the Devil

(uncreditted)

Searching for Ester

Searching for Ester

Himself

No Poster

No Entrance

(segment "In Pursuit")

The Ferrari Dino Girl

The Ferrari Dino Girl

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

Self

Late Night Talks with Mother

Late Night Talks with Mother

Jan Němec

Corpus delicti

Corpus delicti

Flames of Royal Love

Flames of Royal Love

(uncredited)

No Poster

An Occasion to Speak

Self

Toyen

Toyen

Commentary (voice)

Necklace of Melancholy

Necklace of Melancholy

No Poster

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

'68

'68

Dezsö Horváth

No Poster

Hranice

Oratorio for Prague

Oratorio for Prague

Self

Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

self

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History

Self