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 pup…
Known For
The Hand
Art Direction
Lemonade Joe
Art Designer
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Art Designer
The Emperor and the Golem
Costume Design
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Director
Springman and the SS
Director
The Good Soldier Svejk
Director
Cybernetic Grandma
Director
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Filmography
Acting (6)
Crew (66)
Movies (64)
The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
2000Producer
How to Catch a Tiger
1977Book
About the Thick Fog
1976Book
Joy of Love
1966Art Direction
The Hand
1965Art Direction
The Hand
1965Director
The Hand
1965Screenplay
The Hand
1965Story
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
1965Director
Lemonade Joe
1964Art Designer
Cybernetic Grandma
1963Director
Zlý jelen
1962Art Direction
Passion
1961Art Designer
The Midnight Adventure
1960Art Designer
A Midsummer's Night Dream
1959Director
Bomb Mania
1959Art Designer
Why UNESCO?
1959Art Designer
Why UNESCO?
1959Director
Why UNESCO?
1959Screenplay
Why UNESCO?
1959Story
Against All
1957Costume Design
Paraplíčko
1957Art Designer
Spejbl on the Trail
1956Art Designer
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
1956Screenplay
The Good Soldier Svejk
1956Director
The Good Soldier Svejk
1956Writer
Jan Žižka
1956Costume Design
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
1955Screenplay
Two Little Frosts
1955Director
The Hurvinek Circus
1955Director
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955Art Designer
Jan Hus
1955Art Designer
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
1954Art Designer
A Drop Too Much
1954Art Designer
Kutasek and Kutilka
1954Art Designer
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
1954Director
Old Czech Legends
1953Art Designer
The Emperor and the Golem
1952Costume Design
Prince Bayaya
1951Art Direction
Prince Bayaya
1951Director
Prince Bayaya
1951Screenplay
The Gingerbread House
1951Art Designer
The Merry Circus
1951Story
The Golden Fish
1951Art Designer
Story of the Bass Cello
1949Art Direction
Story of the Bass Cello
1949Director
Story of the Bass Cello
1949Screenplay
Story of the Bass Cello
1949Story
The Emperor's Nightingale
1949Art Designer
Song of the Prairie
1949Art Designer
The Devil's Mill
1949Director
The Gift
1947Director
Liška a džbán
1947Screenplay
Míša Kulička
1947Art Designer
The Czech Year
1947Art Direction
The Czech Year
1947Director
The Czech Year
1947Editor
The Czech Year
1947Screenplay
The Czech Year
1947Story
Capek's Tales
1947Art Designer
The Animals and the Brigands
1947Director
Grandpa Planted a Beet
1946Director
Springman and the SS
1946Director
Velryba - Abyrlev
Writer
Television (2)
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