Jaromil Jireš
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-12-10
Day of Death
2001-10-24 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]
Jaromil Jireš
Biography
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".
Known For
Acting
(2018)
(1966)
An Occasion to Speak
as Self
(1958)
A Box of Film
as Self
Crew
Hra na krále
Director
(1999)
Double Role
Director, Screenplay
(1995)
Učitel tance
Director
(1993)
Helimadoe
Director, Co-Writer
(1991)
Labyrint
Director
(1990)
Antonín Dvořák
Writer, Director
(1990)
Jestřábí moudrost
Screenplay
(1989)
Rakovina vůle
Director, Screenplay
(1988)
O Háderunovi a víle Elóře
Director
(1987)
Lion with a White Mane
Director, Screenplay
(1985)
Extended Time
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1985)
Věčný Faust
Screenplay, Director
(1984)
Katapult
Director, Screenplay
(1983)
Incomplete Eclipse
Director, Screenplay
(1983)
O labuti
Director, Writer
(1982)
Opera ve vinici
Screenplay, Director
(1980)
Payment in Kind
Director
(1980)
Escape Home
Director, Screenplay
(1979)
The Young Man and Moby Dick
Screenplay, Director
(1979)
Zápisník zmizelého
Director, Screenplay
(1977)
The Island of the Silver Herons
Director
(1977)
Flying Saucers Over Our Village
Director, Screenplay
(1974)
People from the Subway
Screenplay, Director
(1974)
Královský gambit
Screenplay, Director
(1974)
Il Divino Boemo
Story, Screenplay, Director
(1973)
Kasař
Story, Director, Screenplay
(1972)
And Give My Love to the Swallows
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1970)
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Screenplay, Director
(1969)
The Joke
Screenplay, Director
(1968)
Don Juan 68
Screenplay, Story, Director
(1966)
Pearls of the Deep
Screenplay, Director
(1966)
Srub
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1964)
The Cry
Screenplay, Director
(1964)
The Hall of Lost Steps
Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay
(1963)
The Dynamite Watcher
Director
(1961)
Footprints
Director
(1959)
Uncle
Writer, Director
(1958)
A Box of Film
Assistant Camera