
Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1936-07-12 00:00:00
Birth Place:Prague, Czechoslovakia
Known For:Directing
Death Date:2016-03-18 00:00:00
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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."
Filmography (40)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Role: Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague1988

Flames of Royal Love
Role: (uncredited)1991

Corpus delicti
actor1991

'68
Role: Dezsö Horváth1988

Killing the Devil
Role: (uncreditted)1970

Searching for Ester
Role: Himself2005
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Horí
actor1982
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An Occasion to Speak
Role: Self1966

Oratorio for Prague
Role: Self1968
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Hranice
actor2006

Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
Role: self2014

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
Role: Self2023

Toyen
Role: Commentary (voice)2005
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Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
actor2000

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Role: Self2016

Late Night Talks with Mother
Role: Jan Němec2003

The Ferrari Dino Girl
actor2009
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No Entrance
Role: (segment "In Pursuit")1960

Necklace of Melancholy
actor1968

A Loaf of Bread
writer1960
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Heart Above the Castle
camera operator2008
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Heart Above the Castle
screenplay2008
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Code Name: Ruby
director1996

A Loaf of Bread
director1960
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Heart Above the Castle
director2008

Flames of Royal Love
director1991
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Landscape of my Heart
director2004
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Das Rückendekolleté
writer1975

Seven Days to Remember
cinematography1968

Osení
assistant director1961
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The Day the Tree Blooms
assistant director1961
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Červnové dny
first assistant director1961
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Čas slunce a růží
director1968
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Code Name: Ruby
still photographer1996

A Memory for the Present
director1963

A Memory for the Present
writer1963
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Landscape of my Heart
original music composer2004
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Landscape of my Heart
director of photography2004
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Landscape of my Heart
screenplay2004
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Code Name: Ruby
additional photography1996