Jiří Weiss
Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue.
Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. His father was a Czech patriot and named his son after Czech king Jiří of Poděbrady.His parents were Emil Weiss (1880–1942) and Martha Weissová (née Fuchsová; 1882–1944). Emil Weiss owned a liqueur factory in Libeň district. Since his youth, Jiří was an staunch communist, which was at the heart of disputes with his capitalist parents. As a young boy he was friends with Franz Kafka's niece Marianne Pollaková and thanks to her he was able to read the books of then-unknown writer Kafka in the 1920s.
Weiss was interested in studying at film school, but his parents wished he studied law. While still a minor, he left his home and lived with his friend K. M. Walló [cs]. Weiss started to work as a copywriter in advertising. His father, who disagreed with his life choices and could still make decisions about his underage son, had him institutionalized in a mental hospital. Weiss never spoke to his father ever again. In his early twenties, he started working as a copywriter for the Prague branch of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. At this time, he wrote his first book – a story for children O věrné Hadimršce. He befriended leading intellectuals of the Left Front in Prague, including Vladislav Vančura and Ivan Olbracht. In 1934, Vančura invited him to be an assistant cinematographer on his movie Marijka the Faithless, based on Olbracht's book.
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Films (49)
Martha and I
1990 · Director, Screenplay
Wie man seinen Gatten los wird
1970 · Director
Die Herberge
1970 · Director, Writer
Waterloo
1969 · Director
Spravedlnost pro Selvina
1968 · Screenplay, Director
Murder Czech Style
1967 · Story, Screenplay, Director
90° in the Shade
1965 · Screenplay, Director, Story
The Golden Fern
1963 · Director, Screenplay
The King of Kings
1963 · Story
Promiňte, omyl!
1963 · Director, Screenplay
The Coward
1962 · Screenplay, Director
Reportáž psaná na oprátce
1962 · Story
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
1960 · Director, Screenplay
That Kind of Love
1959 · Concert attendant, Director, Screenplay
Wolf Trap
1958 · Story, Screenstory, Director
The Girl Robinson Crusoe
1957 · Screenplay
A Life at Stake
1956 · Director, Screenplay
Punta and the Four-Leaf Clover
1955 · Screenplay, Director
Můj přítel Fabián
1955 · Screenplay, Director
Vstanou noví bojovníci
1951 · Creative Producer, Director, Screenstory
V trestném území
1951 · Creative Producer
Days of Joy
1951 · Director, Screenplay
The Last Shot
1950 · Creative Producer, Director
Pan Habětín odchází
1949 · Creative Producer
Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry
1949 · Director, Screenplay
Píseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí
1949 · Director, Screenplay
Conscience
1949 · Creative Producer
Křížová trojka
1949 · Creative Producer
Wild Beasts
1948 · Director, Screenplay
O ševci Matoušovi
1948 · Creative Producer
Ves v pohraničí
1948 · Creative Producer
Nevíte o bytě?
1947 · Creative Producer
The Stolen Border
1947 · Screenplay, Director
People Govern Themselves
1946 · Story
We Will Remain Faithful
1945 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Night and Day
1945 · Director
Before the Raid
1944 · Director
100,000,000 Women
1942 · Editor, Director
The Other RAF
1942 · Director
John Smith Wakes Up
1941 · Director
Eternal Prague
1940 · Director
Who Killed Jack Robins?
1940 · Director
The Rape of Czechoslovakia
1939 · Director
Zkrocený živel
1938 · Dialogue
The Illusion Factory
1938 · Self, Director, Screenplay
The Sun Shines On The River Lužnicí
1937 · Director
Song of Ruthenia
1937 · Director
Dejte nám křídla
1936 · Director, Screenplay
Marijka the Unfaithful
1934 · Assistant Director Trainee, Camera Trainee
Séries (0)
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