Jan Němec

Directing

Born July 12, 1936 · Prague, Czechoslovakia

Died March 18, 2016

Also known as Jan Němec Film

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."

Awards & recognition

Annual award ACFK · 2005
Czech Lion Award — Unique Contribution to Czech Film · 2005
Czech Medal of Merit, 2nd class · 2002

Filmography5 titles

Diamonds of the Night

1964Director, Screenplay

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague

Pearls of the Deep

1966Director, Screenplay

Killing the Devil

1970as (uncreditted)

'68

1988as Dezsö Horváth