Director
Jaromil Jireš
90 years · Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic] · 28 films
Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".
Best known for
Filmography 28
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018 · Self
Double Role
1999 · Screenplay, Director
Učitel tance
1995 · Director
Helimadoe
1993 · Director
Labyrinth
1991 · Director
Jestřábí moudrost
1990 · Screenplay
Antonín Dvořák
1990 · Writer, Director
Lion with a White Mane
1987 · Director, Screenplay
Extended Time
1985 · Director, Screenplay
Katapult
1984 · Director, Screenplay
Incomplete Eclipse
1983 · Director, Screenplay
Opera ve vinici
1982 · Screenplay, Director
Escape Home
1980 · Director, Screenplay
Payment in Kind
1980 · Director
The Young Man and Moby Dick
1979 · Screenplay, Director
Flying Saucers Over Our Village
1977 · Director, Screenplay
The Island of the Silver Herons
1977 · Director
People from the Subway
1974 · Screenplay, Director
And Give My Love to the Swallows
1972 · Director, Screenplay
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
1970 · Director, Screenplay
On Criterion Channel
The Joke
1969 · Director, Screenplay
Pearls of the Deep
1966 · Screenplay, Director
The Cry
1964 · Screenplay, Director
The Hall of Lost Steps
1964 · Director, Cinematography