Jiří Trnka

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1912-02-24

Deathday 1969-12-30 (57 years old)

Place of Birth Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko

Also Known As Jiří Trnka

Jiří Trnka

Biography

A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war he designed stage sets and illustrated children's books. In 1945 he set up an animation unit with several collaborators at the Prague film studio; they called the unit "Trick Brothers." Trnka specialized in puppet animation, a traditional Czech art form, of which he became the undisputed master. He also created animated cartoons, but it was his puppet animation that made him an internationally recognized artist and the winner of film festival awards at Venice and elsewhere. He wrote the scripts for most of his own films.

Known For

Director

1965
The Hand

as Director

1963
Cybernetic Grandma

as Director

1961
Passion

as Director

1959
Why UNESCO?

as Director

1956
1955
Two Little Frosts

as Director

1955
1954
1953
Old Czech Legends

as Director

1951
Prince Bayaya

as Director

1951
The Golden Fish

as Director

1951
The Merry Circus

as Director

1949
1949
The Devil's Mill

as Director

1949
1947
The Czech Year

as Director

1947
The Gift

as Director

1946
1945

Writer

1974
Zahrada

as Book

1965
The Hand

as Story

1965
The Hand

as Screenplay

1963
Cybernetic Grandma

as Screenplay

1961
Passion

as Story

1961
Passion

as Screenplay

1959
Why UNESCO?

as Screenplay

1959
1959
Why UNESCO?

as Idea

1955
The Hurvinek Circus

as Screenplay

1955
Two Little Frosts

as Screenplay

1955
1954
Kutasek and Kutilka

as Screenplay

1953
Old Czech Legends

as Screenplay

1953
1951
1951
The Merry Circus

as Screenplay

1951
Prince Bayaya

as Screenplay

1951
The Golden Fish

as Screenplay

1949
1949
Song of the Prairie

as Screenplay

1949
The Devil's Mill

as Screenplay

1949
1949
1947
The Gift

as Screenplay

1947
1947
The Gift

as Story

1947
Liška a džbán

as Screenplay

1947
The Czech Year

as Screenplay

1946
Springman and the SS

as Screenplay

1945

Art

1966
Joy of Love

as Art Direction

1965
The Hand

as Art Direction

1964
Lemonade Joe

as Art Designer

1963
Cybernetic Grandma

as Art Direction

1962
Zlý jelen

as Art Direction

1961
Passion

as Art Designer

1960
The Midnight Adventure

as Art Designer

1959
Why UNESCO?

as Art Designer

1959
Bomb Mania

as Art Designer

1959
1957
Paraplíčko

as Art Designer

1956
Spejbl on the Trail

as Art Designer

1955
Two Little Frosts

as Art Designer

1955
Jan Hus

as Art Designer

1955
The Hurvinek Circus

as Art Designer

1954
Kutasek and Kutilka

as Art Designer

1954
A Drop Too Much

as Art Designer

1953
Old Czech Legends

as Art Designer

1951
The Golden Fish

as Art Designer

1951
The Gingerbread House

as Art Designer

1951
The Merry Circus

as Graphic Designer

1951
Prince Bayaya

as Art Direction

1949
Song of the Prairie

as Art Designer

1949
1949
The Devil's Mill

as Art Designer

1949
Story of the Bass Cello

as Art Direction

1947
The Czech Year

as Art Direction

1947
The Gift

as Art Designer

1947
1947
The Animals and the Brigands

as Supervising Art Director

1947
The Gift

as Supervising Art Director

1947
Liška a džbán

as Art Designer

1947
Míša Kulička

as Art Designer

1947
Liška a džbán

as Supervising Art Director

1947
Capek's Tales

as Art Designer

1946
Springman and the SS

as Art Designer

1946
Springman and the SS

as Supervising Art Director

1945
Grandpa Planted a Beet

as Art Direction

Costume & Make-Up

1957
Against All

as Costume Design

1956
Jan Žižka

as Costume Design

1955
Jan Hus

as Costume Design

1952
The Emperor and the Golem

as Costume Design

Editor

1947
The Czech Year

as Editor