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.
Personal Details
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Movies (48)
The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Jirí Trnka: Puppet Animation Master
1999
How to Catch a Tiger
Book (Writing)
1977
About the Thick Fog
Book (Writing)
1976
Jiří Trnka
as Himself
1967
Joy of Love
Art Direction (Art)
1966
The Hand
Director (Directing)
1965
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
Director (Directing)
1965
Lemonade Joe
Art Designer (Art)
1964
Cybernetic Grandma
Director (Directing)
1963
Zlý jelen
Art Direction (Art)
1962
Passion
Art Designer (Art)
1961
The Midnight Adventure
Art Designer (Art)
1960
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Director (Directing)
1959
Skutečnost Noci svatojánské
as Self
1959
Why UNESCO?
Art Designer (Art)
1959
Bomb Mania
Art Designer (Art)
1959
Against All
Costume Design (Costume & Make-Up)
1957
Paraplíčko
Art Designer (Art)
1957
To jsou Bratři v triku
as Himself
1957
Spejbl on the Trail
Art Designer (Art)
1956
The Good Soldier Schweik
Director (Directing)
1956
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
Director (Directing)
1956
Jan Žižka
Costume Design (Costume & Make-Up)
1956
Loutky Jiřího Trnky
1956
The Hurvinek Circus
Director (Directing)
1955
Jan Hus
Art Designer (Art)
1955
Two Little Frosts
Director (Directing)
1955
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
Art Designer (Art)
1955
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
Director (Directing)
1955
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
Art Designer (Art)
1954
Kutasek and Kutilka
Art Designer (Art)
1954
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
Director (Directing)
1954
A Drop Too Much
Art Designer (Art)
1954
Old Czech Legends
Art Designer (Art)
1953
The Emperor and the Golem
Costume Design (Costume & Make-Up)
1952
The Gingerbread House
Art Designer (Art)
1951
Prince Bayaya
Director (Directing)
1951
The Golden Fish
Art Designer (Art)
1951
The Merry Circus
Story (Writing)
1951
The Emperor's Nightingale
Art Designer (Art)
1949
Song of the Prairie
Art Designer (Art)
1949
Story of the Bass Cello
Director (Directing)
1949
The Devil's Mill
Director (Directing)
1949
The Czech Year
Director (Directing)
1947
Capek's Tales
Art Designer (Art)
1947
The Animals and the Brigands
Director (Directing)
1947
The Gift
Director (Directing)
1947
