Jan Švankmajer

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Film_Director
gptkb:Animation
gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkbp:active_years_end present
gptkbp:active_years_start gptkb:1964
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:Czech_New_Wave
gptkb:Surrealist_movement
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Czech_Lion_Award
Best Director at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival
gptkbp:birth_date September 4, 1934
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Prague
gptkb:Prague,_Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:children gptkb:Jana_Švankmajerová
gptkbp:education gptkb:Academy_of_Fine_Arts,_Prague
gptkbp:film_debut gptkb:1964
The Last Trick
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Dimensions_of_Dialogue
gptkb:The_Garden
gptkb:The_Last_Supper
gptkb:The_Little_Mermaid
gptkb:The_Mysterious_Castle_in_the_Carpathians
gptkb:The_House_of_the_Dead
gptkb:The_Tale_of_the_Three_Brothers
gptkb:The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher
gptkb:The_Devil's_Ballad
gptkb:The_Magic_Flute
The Secret of the Old Castle
The Invention of the Rest of the World
The Last Trick
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Fantasy
gptkb:Animation
gptkb:drama
gptkb:Surrealism
Horror
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jan Švankmajer
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Terry_Gilliam
gptkb:Guillermo_del_Toro
gptkb:Tim_Burton
gptkb:David_Lynch
Jan Švankmajer's style
gptkbp:influenced_artists Visual arts
Experimental film
Contemporary animation
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:puppetry
gptkb:Surrealism
Jan Švankmajer's work
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:Franz_Kafka
gptkb:Edgar_Allan_Poe
gptkb:Sigmund_Freud
gptkb:children's_literature
Puppet shows
gptkbp:known_for Stop-motion animation
Innovative use of puppetry
Combining live action and animation
Dark themes in films
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Czech
gptkbp:notable_collaborations gptkb:Film_and_TV_School_of_the_Academy_of_Performing_Arts_in_Prague
gptkb:Czech_National_Theatre
gptkb:Czech_Television
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Little_Otik
gptkb:The_Conspirators_of_Pleasure
gptkb:Faust
gptkb:Alice
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:filmmakers
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eva_Švankmajerová
gptkbp:style Stop-motion animation
Surrealist film
gptkbp:website http://www.svankmajer.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Czech_Republic
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkb:The_Kiss
gptkb:František_Kupka
gptkb:Order_of_the_White_Lion
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4