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Jaromil Jireš

Jaromil Jireš

Director · 1935–2001 · Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]

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Biography

Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".

Directed 25

1990s

  1. 1999

    Double Role

    Director

  2. 1995

    Učitel tance

    Director

  3. 1993

    Helimadoe

    Director

  4. 1991

    Labyrinth

    Director

  5. 1990

    Antonín Dvořák

    Director

1980s

  1. 1987

    Lion with a White Mane

    Director

  2. 1985

    Extended Time

    Director

  3. 1984

    Katapult

    Director

  4. 1983

    Incomplete Eclipse

    Director

  5. 1982

    Opera ve vinici

    Director

  6. 1980

    Escape Home

    Director

  7. Payment in Kind

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Young Man and Moby Dick

    Director

  2. 1977

    Flying Saucers Over Our Village

    Director

  3. The Island of the Silver Herons

    Director

  4. 1974

    People from the Subway

    Director

  5. 1972

    ...And Give My Love to the Swallows

    Director

  6. 1970

    Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

    Director

    73

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Joke

    Director

  2. 1966

    Pearls of the Deep

    Director

  3. 1964

    The Cry

    Director

  4. The Hall of Lost Steps

    Director

  5. 1963

    The Dynamite Watcher

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959

    Uncle

    Director

  2. 1957

    Fever

    Director

Wrote 20

1990s

  1. 1999

    Double Role

    Screenplay

  2. 1993

    Helimadoe

    Co-Writer

  3. 1990

    Jestřábí moudrost

    Screenplay

  4. Antonín Dvořák

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1987

    Lion with a White Mane

    Screenplay

  2. 1985

    Extended Time

    Screenplay, Story

  3. 1984

    Katapult

    Screenplay

  4. 1983

    Incomplete Eclipse

    Screenplay

  5. 1982

    Opera ve vinici

    Screenplay

  6. 1980

    Escape Home

    Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Young Man and Moby Dick

    Screenplay

  2. 1977

    Flying Saucers Over Our Village

    Screenplay

  3. 1974

    People from the Subway

    Screenplay

  4. 1972

    ...And Give My Love to the Swallows

    Screenplay, Story

  5. 1970

    Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

    Screenplay

    73

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Joke

    Screenplay

  2. 1966

    Pearls of the Deep

    Screenplay

  3. 1964

    The Cry

    Screenplay

  4. The Hall of Lost Steps

    Screenplay

1950s

  1. 1959

    Uncle

    Writer

Camera 2

1960s

  1. 1964

    The Hall of Lost Steps

    Director of Photography

1950s

  1. 1958

    A Box of Film

    Assistant Camera

Appearances2

2010s

  1. 2018

    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    Self

1950s

  1. 1958

    A Box of Film

    Self