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Karel Zeman

Czech film director, artist and animator (1910–1989)

0.77body-of-work score · ranked #1024 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
November 3, 1910 · Ostroměř
Died
April 5, 1989 · Zlín
Nationality
Czechoslovakia, Kingdom of Bohemia
Work
film director, animator, draftsperson, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Karel Zeman
Přemysl Otakar · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

  1. 1
    Invention for DestructionVynález zkázy

    1958 · Czechoslovakia / United States · sci-fi, adventure, fantasy

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1959 #10 · Criterion Collection spine #1016

    0.452 citations
  2. 2
    Journey to the Beginning of TimeCesta do pravěku

    1955 · Czechoslovakia · sci-fi, fantasy, adventure

    Criterion Collection spine #1015

    0.161 citation
  3. 3
    The Fabulous Baron MunchausenBaron Prášil

    1962 · Czechoslovakia · fantasy, adventure, sci-fi

    Criterion Collection spine #1017

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.