Jiří Trnka

Director

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.

Personal Info

Occupation Director

Place of Birth Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko

Birthday 1912-02-24

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Filmography by Year

1965

1963

1961

1959

1956

1955

1954

1953

1951

1949

1947

1946

1945