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Jan Němec

Jan Němec

Jan Němec

1936-07-12

Prague, Czechoslovakia

DIRECTING

Biography

Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."

Best known for:

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
5.6
Diamonds of the Night
5.8
The Party and the Guests
Pearls of the Deep
Oratorio for Prague
Murdering the Devil
Martyrs of Love
'68
A Loaf of Bread
Metamorphosis
Flames of Royal Love
Code Name: Ruby
Deckname Holec
No Entrance
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
Seven Days to Remember
Corpus delicti
Povodeň
The Day the Tree Blooms
Osení
Červnové dny
GEN
TV
Toyen
Hranice
The Ferrari Dino Girl
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Filmography:

  • A Loaf of Bread poster picture

    A Loaf of Bread (1960)

    WORK AS:
    Director, Writer
  • Osení poster picture

    Osení (1961)

    WORK AS:
    Assistant Director
  • Diamonds of the Night poster picture

    Diamonds of the Night (1964)

    star5.8
    WORK AS:
    Screenplay, Director
  • The Party and the Guests poster picture

    The Party and the Guests (1966)

    WORK AS:
    Director, Screenplay
  • Pearls of the Deep poster picture

    Pearls of the Deep (1966)

    WORK AS:
    Screenplay, Director
  • Martyrs of Love poster picture

    Martyrs of Love (1967)

    WORK AS:
    Story, Screenplay, Director
  • Seven Days to Remember poster picture

    Seven Days to Remember (1968)

    WORK AS:
    Cinematography
  • Murdering the Devil poster picture

    Murdering the Devil (1970)

    APPEREAD AS:
    (uncreditted)
    WORK AS:
    Screenplay
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  • Metamorphosis poster picture

    Metamorphosis (1975)

    WORK AS:
    Director, Writer
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being poster picture

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

    star5.6
    APPEREAD AS:
    Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
  • '68 poster picture

    '68 (1988)

    APPEREAD AS:
    Dezsö Horváth
  • Flames of Royal Love poster picture

    Flames of Royal Love (1991)

    APPEREAD AS:
    (uncredited)
    WORK AS:
    Director, Screenplay
  • Late Night Talks with Mother poster picture

    Late Night Talks with Mother (2003)

    APPEREAD AS:
    Jan Němec
    WORK AS:
    Director, Music, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
  • Toyen poster picture

    Toyen (2005)

    APPEREAD AS:
    Commentary (voice)
    WORK AS:
    Director, Producer, Screenplay
  • Heart Beat 3D poster picture

    Heart Beat 3D (2010)

    WORK AS:
    Director, Writer
  • Deckname Holec poster picture

    Deckname Holec (2016)

    WORK AS:
    Story
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  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut poster picture

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut (2025)

    WORK AS:
    Writer
  • Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec poster picture

    Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec

    WORK AS:
    Director