
Vojtěch Jasný
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-11-30
Day of Death
2019-11-15 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Kelc, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Vojtěch Jasný
Biography
Vojtěch Jasný (born 30 November 1925 – 15 November 2019) was a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat (1963). He was born in Kelč in Moravia.
An active filmmaker in Czechoslovakia throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he was among many artists and intellectuals who left the country after the USSR-led invasion following the Prague Spring of 1968. Jasný worked in other European countries for several years including Austria, West Germany and Yugoslavia until relocating to Brooklyn, New York in the early 1980s. Jasný taught film directing classes at Columbia University for several years (where his compatriot Miloš Forman was also a professor and former Film Division Co-Chair) and continues to teach at The School of Visual Arts (SVA) and The New York Film Academy (NYFA).
Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat is an allegorical fable about a magical cat that comes to a small Czech town and causes the underlying nature of the townspeople to be revealed. The film won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes. Also among Jasný's works is Všichni dobří rodáci /All My Good Countrymen (1968), a story centering on the lives and fates of several rural Czechs as they struggle to adapt and survive under communist rule; a film later banned in Czechoslovakia after the invasion of 1968.
Known For
Acting
(2018)
(2009)
(2005)
Searching for Ester
as Himself
(1950)
It’s Not Always Cloudy
as Man with a Gramophone (uncredited)
Crew
(2001)
Hell on Earth
Director, Screenplay
(1999)
Return to Paradise Lost
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1999)
Gladys
Director, Writer
(1991)
Why Havel?
Screenplay, Director
(1987)
The Great Land of Small
Director
(1985)
(1984)
Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen
Writer, Director
(1983)
Es gibt noch Haselnußsträucher
Director
(1982)
We
Director
(1982)
Am Strand
Director
(1980)
The Woman from Sarajevo
Director
(1979)
Die Stühle des Herrn Szmil
Director
(1978)
(1978)
Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn
Writer, Director
(1976)
The Clown
Screenplay, Director
(1976)
Attempted Flight
Director, Writer
(1975)
(1974)
Der Kulterer
Director, Writer
(1972)
Der Leuchtturm
Adaptation, Director
(1972)
Nasrin oder Die Kunst zu träumen
Director
(1971)
Dogs and People
Story, Screenplay
(1970)
Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit
Director
(1970)
Czech Rhapsody
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1969)
All My Good Countrymen
Screenplay, Director, Story
(1968)
Jarní vody
Story
(1966)
The Pipes
Director, Screenplay
(1965)
Magnetické vlny léčí
Director
(1963)
When the Cat Comes
Screenplay, Director, Screenstory
(1961)
(1960)
I Survived Certain Death
Director
(1958)
Desire
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1957)
September Nights
Director, Screenplay
(1957)
Váhavý střelec
Story
(1956)
Opportunity
Screenplay, Director
(1955)
Everything Ends Tonight
Director
(1954)
Stará čínská opera
Director, Camera Operator
(1954)
Z čínského zápisníku
Director, Camera Operator
(1953)
Lidé jednoho srdce
Screenplay, Director, Camera Operator
(1952)
Neobyčejná léta
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Idea
(1951)
Za život radostný
Idea, Screenplay, Director
(1950)
It’s Not Always Cloudy
Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director, Editor
(1949)
Věděli si rady
Idea, Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography