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Jan Švankmajer

Jan Švankmajer

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934) is a Czech surrealist artist and filmmaker. His work spans several media. He is known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jan Švankmajer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

  • Lunacy
  • Food
  • Faust
  • Alice
  • Little Otik
  • Meat Love
  • Et cetera
  • Punch and Judy
  • Historia Naturae (suita)
  • J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor
  • The Last Trick
  • A Game with Stones
  • The Ossuary
  • Virile Games
  • Dimensions of Dialogue
  • The Fall of the House of Usher
  • Picnic with Weismann
  • The Flat
  • Jabberwocky
  • Leonardo's Diary
  • The Garden
  • A Quiet Week in the House
  • Don Juan
  • Castle of Otranto
  • Darkness, Light, Darkness
  • Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
  • The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
  • Conspirators of Pleasure
  • The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer
  • Flora
  • The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
  • Down to the Cellar
  • Another Kind of Love
  • Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films
  • Kunstkamera
  • Insect
  • Animated Self-Portraits
  • Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
  • Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
  • Man and Technology