Jan Svankmajer

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Age: 89, born 4 September 1934

Country of origin: Czech Republic

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Eva Švankmajerová

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Directors:The Filmography of... (207 items)
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Caricatures of Film Directors (16 items)
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Animators (28 items)
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My favorite film of my favorite directors (215 items)
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Jan Svankmajer Orquesta de monos (monkey's orchestra)

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Description: After studying at the Institute of Industrial Arts and the Marionette Faculty of the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in the 1950s, Jan Svankmajer started working as a theatre director, chiefly in association with the Theatre of Masks and the Black Theatre. He first experimented with film-making after becoming involved with the mixed-media productions of Prague's Lanterna Magika Theatre. He began making short films in 1964, and continued working in the same medium for over twenty years, when he finally achieved his long-held ambition to make a feature film based on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (Alice (1988)). He has also exhib ... (more)