Director
Jan Němec
90 years · Prague, Czechoslovakia · 26 films
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."
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Best known for
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988 · Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Diamonds of the Night
1964 · Screenplay, Director
On Criterion Channel
The Party and the Guests
1966 · Director, Screenplay
On Criterion Channel
Pearls of the Deep
1966 · Director, Screenplay
Killing the Devil
1970 · (uncreditted), Screenplay
On Kanopy
Oratorio for Prague
1968 · Self, Director
Filmography 25
A Loaf of Bread
2026 · Director, Screenplay
FAMU 80 – Best of
2026 · Director
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut
2025 · Writer
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
2023 · Self
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
2016 · Self, Director
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
2014 · self
Heart Beat 3D
2010 · Director, Writer
The Ferrari Dino Girl
2009 · Actor, Director
Toyen
2005 · Commentary (voice), Director
On DocAlliance Films
Searching for Ester
2005 · Himself
Late Night Talks with Mother
2003 · Jan Němec, Director
Corpus delicti
1991 · Actor
Flames of Royal Love
1991 · (uncredited), Director
'68
1988 · Dezsö Horváth
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988 · Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Metamorphosis
1975 · Director, Writer
Killing the Devil
1970 · (uncreditted), Screenplay
On Kanopy
Proudy lásku odnesou
1969 · Screenplay, Director
Oratorio for Prague
1968 · Self, Director
Necklace of Melancholy
1968 · Actor, Screenplay
Martyrs of Love
1967 · Screenplay, Director
The Party and the Guests
1966 · Director, Screenplay
On Criterion Channel
Pearls of the Deep
1966 · Director, Screenplay
Diamonds of the Night
1964 · Screenplay, Director
On Criterion Channel