Where to watch Jiří Trnka in the UK
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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 awa…
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- Jan Žižka (1956) Costume Design
- Jan Hus (1955) Art Designer
- The Emperor and the Golem (1952) Costume Design
- Capek's Tales (1947) Art Designer
- Against All (1957) Costume Design
- The Emperor's Nightingale (1949) Art Designer
- Lemonade Joe (1964) Art Designer
- The Hand (1965) Director
- A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959) Director
- Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955) Art Designer
- Garden (1974) Book
- The Good Soldier Schweik (1986) Director
- Story of the Bass Cello (1956) Director
- Prince Bayaya (1951) Director
- Old Czech Legends (1953) Art Designer
- The Czech Year (1947) Director
- Paraplíčko (1957) Art Designer
- Song of the Prairie (1949) Art Designer
- Passion (1961) Art Designer
- The Animals and the Brigands (1947) Director
- The Golden Fish (1951) Art Designer
- The Good Soldier Svejk (1956) Director
- Velryba - Abyrlev Writer
- A Drop Too Much (1954) Art Designer
- Grandpa Planted a Beet (1946) Director
- The Gift (1947) Director
- The Gingerbread House (1951) Art Designer
- Springman and the SS (1946) Director
- Zlý jelen (1962) Art Direction
- Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče (1954) Director
- Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase (1956) Director
- The Hurvinek Circus (1955) Director
- Two Little Frosts (1955) Director
- Cybernetic Grandma (1963) Director
- Bomb Mania (1959) Art Designer
- Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku (1955) Director
- The Midnight Adventure (1960) Art Designer
- Míša Kulička (1947) Art Designer
- The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka (2000) Producer
- Spejbl on the Trail (1956) Art Designer
- How to Catch a Tiger (1977) Book
- Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose (1965) Director
- The Devil's Mill (1949) Director
- Kutasek and Kutilka (1954) Art Designer
- Why UNESCO? (1959) Art Designer
- About the Thick Fog (1976) Book
- The Merry Circus (1951) Story
- Joy of Love (1966) Art Direction
- Liška a džbán (1947) Screenplay
- To jsou Bratři v triku (1957) as Himself
- Skutečnost Noci svatojánské (1959) as Self
- Jirí Trnka: Puppet Animation Master (1999) Cast
- How the Old Man Traded It All Away (1954) Art Designer
- Jiří Trnka (1967) as Himself
- Loutky Jiřího Trnky (1956) Cast
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Most-watched Jiří Trnka films currently: Jan Žižka (1956), Jan Hus (1955), The Emperor and the Golem (1952), Capek's Tales (1947), Against All (1957).
What TV shows has Jiří Trnka appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Garden (1974), The Good Soldier Schweik (1986).
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