Jiří Trnka
Czech animator, illustrator, painter, director, scriptwriter, scenographer, sculptor and university educator (1912-1969)
1.50body-of-work score · ranked #632 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 24, 1912 · Plzeň
- Died
- December 30, 1969 · Prague
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia, Austria–Hungary
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1The Emperor's NightingaleCísařův slavík
1948 · Czechoslovakia · fantasy, animation
Locarno Golden Leopard winner 1955
0.751 citation - 2Prince BayayaBajaja
1950 · Czechoslovakia · adventure, animation, fantasy
Locarno Golden Leopard winner 1954
0.751 citation
Complete filmography
All 22 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1945Grandpa Planted a Beet
- 1946Dárek
- 1946Les Petits Animaux et les Brigands
- 1946Springman & the SS
- 1947The Czech Year
- 1948The Emperor's Nightingale
- 1949Song of the Prairie
- 1949Story of the Bass Cello
- 1949The Devil's Mill
- 1950Prince Bayaya
- 1951The Golden Fish
- 1951The Merry Circus
- 1952Old Czech Legends
- 1953Les Trocs malchanceux du grand-père
- 1954Comment Bricolet et Bricolette se sont levés le matin
- 1954The Good Soldier Schweik
- 1955Le Cirque Hurvinek
- 1959A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 1959Why UNESCO?
- 1962The Cybernetic Grandma
- 1965Maxplatte, Maxplatten
- 1965The Hand