Jan Svěrák

Jan Svěrák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈsvjɛraːk]) (born 6 February 1965 in Žatec) is a Czech film director. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák.^[1] He studied documentary filmmaking at the FAMU. He and his films have received awards including the Academy Award, Crystal Globe, Golden Globe Award, and Tokyo Grand Prix.

Jan Svěrák

He lives in Prague.

Filmography

Year	Czech Title	English Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1988	Ropáci	Oilgobblers	Yes	Yes	Student Academy Award for Best Student Film
1991	Obecná škola	The Elementary School	Yes	No	Nomination for Academy Award[2]
1994	Jízda	The Ride	Yes	Yes	Crystal Globe Award at Karlovy Vary Festival
1994	Akumulátor 1	Accumulator 1	Yes	Yes
1996	Kolja	Kolya	Yes	No	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film[3]
2001	Tmavomodrý svět	Dark Blue World	Yes	No
2004	Tatínek	Daddy	Yes	No
2007	Vratné lahve	Empties	Yes	No
2010	Kuky se vrací	Kooky	Yes	Yes	[4]
2014	Tři bratři	Three Brothers	Yes	No	[1]
2017	Po strništi bos	Barefoot	Yes	Yes
2022	Betlémské světlo	Bethlehem Night	Yes	Yes

References

1. Willoughby, Ian (3 August 2014). "New children's film by Jan Svěrák set for cinema release". Radio Prague. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
2. "The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
3. "The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
4. Spáčilová, Tereza (2010-01-29). "Jan Svěrák a jeho plyšák na nás políčili v temném lese. Podívejte se" (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. Retrieved 30 January 2010.

External links

• Jan Svěrák at IMDb
• Personal website
• Jan Svěrák Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine - profile
• Biography