Jan Němec

Personal Info

Born: 1936-07-12
Died: 2016-03-18

Place of Birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia

Known For: 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."

Acting (Movies)

Hranice

2006
0.0

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History

Self
2023
8.0

Oratorio for Prague

Self
1968
7.1

Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

self
2014
0.0

Horí

1982
0.0

An Occasion to Speak

Self
1966
0.0

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

Self
2016
3.3

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

2000
0.0

Searching for Ester

Himself
2005
0.0

Murdering the Devil

(uncreditted)
1970
6.3

'68

Dezsö Horváth
1988
3.4

The Ferrari Dino Girl

2009
6.0

Late Night Talks with Mother

Jan Němec
2003
0.0

Toyen

Commentary (voice)
2005
5.0

Corpus delicti

1991
4.5

No Entrance

(segment "In Pursuit")
1960
6.5

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
1988
6.9

Flames of Royal Love

(uncredited)
1991
4.2

Writing

Diamonds of the Night

Screenplay
1964
7.1

Diamonds of the Night

Writer
1964
7.1

A Report on the Party and the Guests

Screenplay
1966
6.9

Pearls of the Deep

Screenplay
1966
6.0

Martyrs of Love

Screenplay
1967
5.2

Martyrs of Love

Story
1967
5.2

Proudy lásku odnesou

Story
1969
0.0

Proudy lásku odnesou

Screenplay
1969
0.0

Murdering the Devil

Screenplay
1970
6.3

Náhrdelník melancholie

Screenplay
1968
0.0

Das Rückendekolleté

Writer
1975
0.0

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

Writer
2016
3.3

Deckname Holec

Story
2016
4.8

Metamorphosis

Writer
1975
6.0

The Ferrari Dino Girl

Writer
2009
6.0

Heart Beat 3D

Writer
2010
0.0

Late Night Talks with Mother

Writer
2003
0.0

A Loaf of Bread

Writer
1960
6.6

Heart Above the Castle

Screenplay
2008
0.0

Heart Above the Castle

Idea
2008
0.0

Toyen

Screenplay
2005
5.0

Flames of Royal Love

Screenplay
1991
4.2

Code Name: Ruby

Screenplay
1996
4.5

Code Name: Ruby

Story
1996
4.5

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut

Writer
2025
0.0

GEN

Writer
1993
7.0

GENUS

Writer
1995
0.0

Directing

Diamonds of the Night

Director
1964
7.1

A Report on the Party and the Guests

Director
1966
6.9

Pearls of the Deep

Director
1966
6.0

Metamorphosis

Director
1975
6.0

Čas slunce a růží

Director
1968
0.0

Oratorio for Prague

Director
1968
7.1

Proudy lásku odnesou

Director
1969
0.0

Martyrs of Love

Director
1967
5.2

Povodeň

Assistant Director
1958
6.0

Das Rückendekolleté

Director
1975
0.0

Náhrdelník melancholie

Director
1968
0.0

The Strahov Demonstration

Director
1968
0.0

Code Name: Ruby

Director
1996
4.5

Červnové dny

First Assistant Director
1961
7.0

The Day the Tree Blooms

Assistant Director
1961
7.0

Osení

Assistant Director
1961
2.0

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

Director
2016
3.3

Landscape of my Heart

Director
2004
0.0

Flames of Royal Love

Director
1991
4.2

Heart Beat 3D

Director
2010
0.0

The Ferrari Dino Girl

Director
2009
6.0

Heart Above the Castle

Director
2008
0.0

A Loaf of Bread

Director
1960
6.6

Late Night Talks with Mother

Director
2003
0.0

Toyen

Director
2005
5.0

Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec

Director
0.0

GEN

Director
1993
7.0

GENUS

Director
1995
0.0

Crew

Seven Days to Remember

Cinematography
1968
7.0

Late Night Talks with Mother

Cinematography
2003
0.0

Sound

Late Night Talks with Mother

Music
2003
0.0

Production

Late Night Talks with Mother

Producer
2003
0.0

Toyen

Producer
2005
5.0

Code Name: Ruby

Producer
1996
4.5

Camera

Heart Above the Castle

Camera Operator
2008
0.0

Code Name: Ruby

Camera Operator
1996
4.5

Code Name: Ruby

Still Photographer
1996
4.5

Acting (TV Shows)

Golden Sixties

Self
2009
0.0