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Also known as Jan Nemec

Czech director, scriptwriter and university educator (1936–2016)

Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • Znamení neznámého
  • Výlety do okolí Prahy
  • Voda v České Republice
  • Památné stromy v Čechách, na Moravě, ve Slezsku
  • Nepodávej ruku číšníkovi

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Film & TV

Directing · Prague, Czechoslovakia

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."

Known for

  • Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History — Self2023
  • The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street — Self2016
  • Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“ — self2014
  • The Ferrari Dino Girl2009
  • Golden Sixties — Self2009
  • Hranice2006
  • Searching for Ester — Himself2005
  • Toyen — Commentary (voice)2005
  • Late Night Talks with Mother — Jan Němec2003
  • Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)2000

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
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Active to
2024-01-04

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Listeners
20
Total plays
25

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jan
Family name
Němec
Gender
male
Citizenship
Czech Republic
Place of birth
Prague
Place of death
Prague
Languages spoken
Czech
Field of work
cinematography
Image
Jan Němec (1967).jpg
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date of birth
1936-07-12
date of death
2016-03-18
Commons category
Jan Němec (film director)
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Jan Němec
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