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Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934) is a Czech surrealist artist and filmmaker. His work spans several media. He is known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others.

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Acting (8 movies)

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Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj

2023

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The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

1984

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Kunstkamera

2022

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Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting

2018

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Kikoe

2009

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Alchemical Furnace

2020

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Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

2017

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Les Chimères des Švankmajer

2001

Directing (39 movies)

6.8

Lunacy

2005

7.8

Food

1996

7.5

Faust

1994

7.4

Alice

1988

7.0

Little Otik

2001

6.7

Meat Love

1989

5.8

Et cetera

1967

6.4

Punch and Judy

1966

6.3

Natural History Suite

1967

6.0

J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor

1965

6.7

The Last Trick

1964

6.5

A Game with Stones

1965

6.9

The Ossuary

1970

6.8

Virile Games

1988

7.6

Dimensions of Dialogue

1983

5.6

The Fall of the House of Usher

1982

6.2

Picnic with Weismann

1968

7.3

The Flat

1968

6.5

Jabberwocky

1971

6.5

Leonardo's Diary

1972

7.0

The Garden

1968

6.1

A Quiet Week in the House

1969

6.9

Don Juan

1969

6.6

Castle of Otranto

1977

7.5

Darkness, Light, Darkness

1989

6.8

Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

2010

6.8

The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope

1983

6.8

Conspirators of Pleasure

1996

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The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer

2003

6.3

Flora

1989

7.2

The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia

1991

6.8

Down to the Cellar

1983

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Jan Švankmajer: The Complete Short Films

2007

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Kunstkamera

2022

5.6

Insect

2018

5.7

Animated Self-Portraits

1989

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Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

2007

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Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

2006

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Man and Technology

1967

Title	Year	Job
The Last Trick	1964	Screenplay
J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor	1965	Screenplay
A Game with Stones	1965	Writer
Punch and Judy	1966	Screenplay
Man and Technology	1967	Writer
Man and Technology	1967	Producer
Et cetera	1967	Screenplay
Natural History Suite	1967	Screenplay
The Flat	1968	Screenplay
Picnic with Weismann	1968	Writer
The Garden	1968	Screenplay
A Quiet Week in the House	1969	Screenplay
Don Juan	1969	Screenplay
The Ossuary	1970	Screenplay
Jabberwocky	1971	Writer
Leonardo's Diary	1972	Screenplay
Castle of Otranto	1977	Screenplay
The Fall of the House of Usher	1982	Screenplay
Dimensions of Dialogue	1983	Screenplay
The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope	1983	Screenplay
Down to the Cellar	1983	Screenplay
Virile Games	1988	Screenplay
Alice	1988	Writer
Darkness, Light, Darkness	1989	Screenplay
Flora	1989	Writer
Meat Love	1989	Writer
Animated Self-Portraits	1989	Writer
The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia	1991	Writer
Food	1996	Writer
Conspirators of Pleasure	1996	Producer
Conspirators of Pleasure	1996	Screenplay
Little Otik	2001	Screenplay
Little Otik	2001	Producer
Lunacy	2005	Screenplay
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)	2010	Writer
Insect	2018	Writer
Kunstkamera	2022	Writer