Jan Švankmajer

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Jan Švankmajer is a Czech filmmaker and artist renowned for his surreal, often darkly imaginative stop-motion animations and influential contributions to avant-garde cinema.

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Švankmajer 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf animator
film director
human
screenwriter
surrealist artist
visual artist
countryOfCitizenship Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
dateOfBirth 1934-09-04
educatedAt Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
ethnicGroup Czech
familyName Švankmajer
linked to: Jan Švankmajer
fieldOfWork animation
film
surrealist art
genre experimental film
stop-motion animation
surrealist film
givenName Jan
influenced Brothers Quay
Terry Gilliam
Tim Burton
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Czech
movement Czech surrealism
surrealism
name Jan Švankmajer
notableFor avant-garde cinema
surreal stop-motion animation
notableWork Alice
Conspirators of Pleasure
Dimensions of Dialogue
Down to the Cellar
Faust
Food
Little Otik
Lunacy
linked to: Sheer Madness

The Flat
The Garden
occupation animator
film director
puppeteer
scenographer
screenwriter
visual artist
placeOfBirth Czechoslovakia
Prague
sexOrGender male
spouse Eva Švankmajerová
workLocation Prague

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Jan Švankmajer name Jan Švankmajer
Jan Švankmajer familyName Švankmajer
linked to: Jan Švankmajer