Jiří Trnka
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.
Fotos
Filme (54)
The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
2000 · Self (archive footage), Producer, Director, Writer
Jirí Trnka: Puppet Animation Master
1999
How to Catch a Tiger
1977 · Book
Whale, Elahw
1977 · Writer
Of Mice in Tinfoil
1977 · Original Story
About the Thick Fog
1976 · Book
Jiří Trnka
1967 · Himself
Joy of Love
1966 · Art Direction
The Hand
1965 · Director, Story, Art Direction, Screenplay
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
1965 · Director, Screenplay, Art Direction, Story
Lemonade Joe
1964 · Art Designer
Cybernetic Grandma
1963 · Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
Zlý jelen
1962 · Art Direction
Passion
1961 · Art Designer, Director, Story, Screenplay
The Midnight Adventure
1960 · Art Designer
A Midsummer's Night Dream
1959 · Director, Art Designer, Screenplay
Skutečnost Noci svatojánské
1959 · Self
Why UNESCO?
1959 · Art Designer, Screenplay, Director, Story
Bomb Mania
1959 · Art Designer
Against All
1957 · Costume Design
Paraplíčko
1957 · Art Designer
To jsou Bratři v triku
1957 · Himself
Spejbl on the Trail
1956 · Art Designer
The Good Soldier Svejk
1956 · Director, Writer
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
1956 · Screenplay, Art Designer, Director
Jan Žižka
1956 · Costume Design
The Puppets of Jiří Trnka
1956
The Hurvinek Circus
1955 · Director, Screenplay, Art Designer
Jan Hus
1955 · Art Designer, Costume Design
Two Little Frosts
1955 · Director, Art Designer, Screenplay, Story
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955 · Art Designer
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
1955 · Screenplay, Art Designer, Director
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
1954 · Art Designer, Director, Screenplay
Kutasek and Kutilka
1954 · Art Designer, Director, Screenplay
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
1954 · Art Designer, Screenplay, Director
A Drop Too Much
1954 · Art Direction
Old Czech Legends
1953 · Art Designer, Director, Screenplay, Story
The Emperor and the Golem
1951 · Costume Design
The Gingerbread House
1951 · Art Designer
Prince Bayaya
1951 · Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
The Golden Fish
1951 · Art Designer, Director, Screenplay
The Merry Circus
1951 · Story, Screenplay, Director, Graphic Designer
The Emperor's Nightingale
1949 · Art Designer, Director, Editor, Screenplay
Song of the Prairie
1949 · Art Designer, Director, Screenplay
Story of the Bass Cello
1949 · Director, Art Direction, Story, Screenplay
The Devil's Mill
1949 · Director, Art Designer, Screenplay, Story
The Czech Year
1947 · Director, Story, Art Direction, Editor, Screenplay
Capek's Tales
1947 · Art Designer
The Animals and the Brigands
1947 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Art Designer, Supervising Art Director
The Gift
1947 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Art Designer, Supervising Art Director
Liška a džbán
1947 · Screenplay, Art Designer, Supervising Art Director
Míša Kulička
1947 · Art Designer
Springman and the SS
1946 · Director, Screenplay, Art Designer, Supervising Art Director
Grandpa Planted a Beet
1946 · Director, Art Direction, Story, Screenplay
