Jan Němec

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

20

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-07-12

Day of death

2016-03-18 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Jan Němec

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

  • Hranice

    Hranice

  • '68

    '68

  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

  • Toyen

    Toyen

  • No Entrance

    No Entrance

  • Murdering the Devil

    Murdering the Devil

  • Golden Sixties

    Golden Sixties

  • Necklace of Melancholy

    Necklace of Melancholy

  • Corpus delicti

    Corpus delicti

  • Oratorio for Prague

    Oratorio for Prague

  • Searching for Ester

    Searching for Ester

  • The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

    The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

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

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

  • The Ferrari Dino Girl

    The Ferrari Dino Girl

  • Late Night Talks with Mother

    Late Night Talks with Mother

  • Flames of Royal Love

    Flames of Royal Love

  • An Occasion to Speak

    An Occasion to Speak

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

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

  • Horí

    Horí

  • Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History

    Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History