Jaromil Jireš
Biography
Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".
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Movies (41)
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
as Self
2018
Double Role
Director (Directing)
1999
Učitel tance
Director (Directing)
1995
Zvláštní schopnosti
1993
Helimadoe
Director (Directing)
1993
Labyrinth
Director (Directing)
1991
Jestřábí moudrost
Screenplay (Writing)
1990
Antonín Dvořák
Writer (Writing)
1990
Rakovina vůle
Director (Directing)
1989
Naděje má hluboké dno
Director (Directing)
1989
O Háderunovi a víle Elóře
Director (Directing)
1988
Lion with a White Mane
Director (Directing)
1987
Věčný Faust
Screenplay (Writing)
1985
Extended Time
Director (Directing)
1985
Katapult
Director (Directing)
1984
O labuti
Director (Directing)
1983
Incomplete Eclipse
Director (Directing)
1983
Opera ve vinici
Screenplay (Writing)
1982
Escape Home
Director (Directing)
1980
Payment in Kind
Director (Directing)
1980
The Young Man and Moby Dick
Screenplay (Writing)
1979
Zápisník zmizelého
Director (Directing)
1979
Flying Saucers Over Our Village
Director (Directing)
1977
The Island of the Silver Herons
Director (Directing)
1977
People from the Subway
Screenplay (Writing)
1974
Královský gambit
Screenplay (Writing)
1974
Il Divino Boemo
Story (Writing)
1974
Kasař
Story (Writing)
1973
And Give My Love to the Swallows
Director (Directing)
1972
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Screenplay (Writing)
1970
The Joke
Screenplay (Writing)
1969
Don Juan 68
Screenplay (Writing)
1968
An Occasion to Speak
as Self
1966
Pearls of the Deep
Screenplay (Writing)
1966
Srub
Director (Directing)
1966
The Cry
Screenplay (Writing)
1964
The Hall of Lost Steps
Director (Directing)
1964
The Dynamite Watcher
Director (Directing)
1963
Footprints
Director (Directing)
1961
Uncle
Writer (Writing)
1959
A Box of Film
as Self
1958