Jan Němec

Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Born
July 12, 1936 (79 years old)
Died
March 18, 2016
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Popular Genres
Documentary Drama Comedy
Career Span
1960 – 2023

Jan Němec

17 nominations
18 credits

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."

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Personal Info

Born
Jul 12, 1936
From
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Known For
Directing
Career
1960 – 2023

Known For

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
'68
'68
1988
as Dezsö Horváth
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
2016
as Self
Murdering the Devil
Murdering the Devil
1970
as (uncreditted)
Searching for Ester
Searching for Ester
2005
as Himself
Toyen
Toyen
2005
as Commentary (voice)
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
2000
Corpus delicti
Corpus delicti
1991
Hranice
2006
The Ferrari Dino Girl
The Ferrari Dino Girl
2009
An Occasion to Speak
1966
as Self
No Entrance
1960
as (segment "In Pursuit")

Frequent Collaborators

Jiřina Bohdalová
Jiřina Bohdalová
2 shared projects
in "Searching for Ester"
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Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis
1 shared project
in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche
1 shared project
in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Lena Olin
Lena Olin
1 shared project
in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Derek de Lint
Derek de Lint
1 shared project
in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård
1 shared project
in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson
1 shared project
in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Pavel Landovský
Pavel Landovský
1 shared project
in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Donald Moffat
Donald Moffat
1 shared project
in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Daniel Olbrychski
Daniel Olbrychski
1 shared project
in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Tomasz Borkowy
Tomasz Borkowy
1 shared project
in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Bruce Myers
Bruce Myers
1 shared project
in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Featured in Trailers

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
'68
Murdering the Devil

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