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Břetislav Pojar

Břetislav Pojar

Director · 1923–2012 · Susice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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Biography

Břetislav Pojar (7 October 1923 – 12 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator, and director of short and feature films. Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on The Story of the Bass Cello (1949) based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka. Pojar served as a puppeteer under his mentor Trnka. Pojar compiled an extensive body of work as a director and animator in Czechoslovakia, where he made films in both puppet animation to the more common stop motion animation. In the mid-1960s, Pojar emigrated to Canada, where he began a long collaboration with the National Film Board. His Canadian work is some of his best known and has won awards at prestigious international film festivals. His film To See or Not to See (Psychocratie) won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year in 1970. Pojar's work is characterized by strong social commentary, such as in Balablok, where armies of small circle- and square-shaped beings war with each other until they are all wounded into indistinguishable shapes. Often, Pojar's shorts contain little or no spoken dialogue. In the mid-2000s, Pojar moved back to the Czech film business in order to co-direct the collaborative animated feature film Fimfárum 2 (based on the stories of Jan Werich), which was released in 2006. Pojar died in Prague at the age of 89 in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Břetislav Pojar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 34

2010s

  1. 2016

    Narco Blues

    Director

  2. Pojar dětem

    Director

  3. 2015

    Tom Thumb’s Journey

    Director

  4. 2011

    Car Fairy Tales

    Director

2000s

  1. 2006

    Mr. and Mr.

    Director

  2. Fimfarum 2

    Director

  3. 2003

    Winter Days

    Director

  4. 2000

    The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka

    Director

1990s

  1. 1995

    Pourquoi?

    Director

  2. 1994

    Mouseology

    Director

  3. 1991

    The Flying Sneaker

    Director

1980s

  1. 1986

    Nightangel

    Director

  2. 1981

    'E'

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    BOOOM

    Director

  2. 1974

    Garden

    Director

  3. 1973

    Balablok

    Director

  4. 1972

    O pardálu který voněl

    Director

  5. A neříkej mi Vašíku

    Director

  6. 1971

    Psí kusy

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    To See or Not to See

    Director

  2. 1968

    Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Went to Sleep

    Director

  3. 1967

    Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Hold On to Your Hat

    Director

  4. Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Ate Witty Porridge

    Director

  5. Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Princesses Are Not to Be Sniffed At

    Director

  6. 1966

    Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How the Bears Went Swimming

    Director

  7. Hey Mister, Let's Play! How They Met At Kolin

    Director

  8. Pojďte pane, budeme si hrát

    Director

  9. 1961

    School for Cats

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Lion and the Song

    Director

  2. 1957

    Paraplíčko

    Director

  3. 1956

    Glory

    Director

  4. 1955

    Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce

    Director

  5. 1954

    A Drop Too Much

    Director

  6. 1951

    The Gingerbread House

    Director

Wrote 25

2010s

  1. 2016

    Narco Blues

    Story, Screenplay

  2. The Christmas Ballad

    Story

  3. 2011

    Car Fairy Tales

    Screenplay

2000s

  1. 2006

    Mr. and Mr.

    Writer

  2. Fimfarum 2

    Screenplay

1980s

  1. 1987

    Jája and Pája

    Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1974

    Garden

    Screenplay

  2. 1972

    O pardálu který voněl

    Screenplay

  3. A neříkej mi Vašíku

    Screenplay

  4. 1971

    Psí kusy

    Screenplay

1960s

  1. 1969

    To See or Not to See

    Writer

  2. 1968

    Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Went to Sleep

    Screenplay

  3. 1967

    Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Hold On to Your Hat

    Screenplay

  4. Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Ate Witty Porridge

    Screenplay

  5. Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Princesses Are Not to Be Sniffed At

    Screenplay

  6. 1966

    Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How the Bears Went Swimming

    Screenplay

  7. Hey Mister, Let's Play! How They Met At Kolin

    Screenplay

  8. 1961

    School for Cats

    Screenplay

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Lion and the Song

    Screenplay, Story

  2. 1957

    Paraplíčko

    Story, Screenplay

  3. 1956

    Glory

    Writer

  4. 1955

    Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce

    Screenplay

  5. 1954

    A Drop Too Much

    Screenplay

  6. 1951

    The Gingerbread House

    Screenplay, Story

Visual effects 13

1990s

  1. 1997

    Dancing on the Moon

    Animation Director

  2. 1994

    Mouseology

    Animation

1950s

  1. 1959

    A Midsummer's Night Dream

    Animation

  2. 1957

    Paraplíčko

    Animation

  3. 1955

    Two Little Frosts

    Animation

  4. 1953

    Old Czech Legends

    Animation

  5. 1951

    Prince Bayaya

    Animation

1940s

  1. 1949

    The Emperor's Nightingale

    Animation

    64

  2. Story of the Bass Cello

    Animation

  3. Song of the Prairie

    Animation

  4. The Devil's Mill

    Animation

  5. 1947

    The Czech Year

    Animation

Art department 2

1960s

  1. 1964

    Lemonade Joe

    Art Designer

Other crew 1

1990s

  1. 1994

    Overdose

    Script

Edited 1

2010s

  1. 2011

    Car Fairy Tales

    Editor