Jan Svěrák

Czech film director (born 1965)

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.

He lives in Prague.

## Filmography[edit]

Year | Czech Title | English Title | Director | Writer | Notes

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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[edit]

1. ^ a b 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[edit]

* Jan Svěrák at IMDb
* Personal website
* Jan Svěrák Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine \- profile
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Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1947–1955
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* 1947: Shoeshine – Vittorio De Sica
* 1948: Monsieur Vincent – Maurice Cloche
* 1949: Bicycle Thieves – Vittorio De Sica
* 1950: The Walls of Malapaga – René Clément
* 1951: Rashomon – Akira Kurosawa
* 1952: Forbidden Games – René Clément
* 1953: No Award
* 1954: Gate of Hell – Teinosuke Kinugasa
* 1955: Samurai, The Legend of Musashi – Hiroshi Inagaki

1956–1975|

* 1956: La Strada – Federico Fellini
* 1957: Nights of Cabiria – Federico Fellini
* 1958: My Uncle – Jacques Tati
* 1959: Black Orpheus – Marcel Camus
* 1960: The Virgin Spring – Ingmar Bergman
* 1961: Through a Glass Darkly – Ingmar Bergman
* 1962: Sundays and Cybèle – Serge Bourguignon
* 1963: 8½ – Federico Fellini
* 1964: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Vittorio De Sica
* 1965: The Shop on Main Street – Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos
* 1966: A Man and a Woman – Claude Lelouch
* 1967: Closely Watched Trains – Jiří Menzel
* 1968: War and Peace – Sergei Bondarchuk
* 1969: Z – Costa-Gavras
* 1970: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion – Elio Petri
* 1971: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis – Vittorio De Sica
* 1972: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie – Luis Buñuel
* 1973: Day for Night – François Truffaut
* 1974: Amarcord – Federico Fellini
* 1975: Dersu Uzala – Akira Kurosawa

1976–2000|

* 1976: Black and White in Color – Jean-Jacques Annaud
* 1977: Madame Rosa – Moshé Mizrahi
* 1978: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs – Bertrand Blier
* 1979: The Tin Drum – Volker Schlöndorff
* 1980: Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears – Vladimir Menshov
* 1981: Mephisto – István Szabó
* 1982: Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again') – José Luis Garci
* 1983: Fanny and Alexander – Ingmar Bergman
* 1984: Dangerous Moves – Richard Dembo
* 1985: The Official Story – Luis Puenzo
* 1986: The Assault – Fons Rademakers
* 1987: Babette's Feast – Gabriel Axel
* 1988: Pelle the Conqueror – Bille August
* 1989: Cinema Paradiso – Giuseppe Tornatore
* 1990: Journey of Hope – Xavier Koller
* 1991: Mediterraneo – Gabriele Salvatores
* 1992: Indochine – Régis Wargnier
* 1993: Belle Époque – Fernando Trueba
* 1994: Burnt by the Sun – Nikita Mikhalkov
* 1995: Antonia's Line – Marleen Gorris
* 1996: Kolya – Jan Svěrák
* 1997: Character – Mike van Diem
* 1998: Life Is Beautiful – Roberto Benigni
* 1999: All About My Mother – Pedro Almodóvar
* 2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Ang Lee

2001–present|

* 2001: No Man's Land – Danis Tanović
* 2002: Nowhere in Africa – Caroline Link
* 2003: The Barbarian Invasions – Denys Arcand
* 2004: The Sea Inside – Alejandro Amenábar
* 2005: Tsotsi – Gavin Hood
* 2006: The Lives of Others – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
* 2007: The Counterfeiters – Stefan Ruzowitzky
* 2008: Departures – Yōjirō Takita
* 2009: The Secret in Their Eyes – Juan José Campanella
* 2010: In a Better World – Susanne Bier
* 2011: A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
* 2012: Amour – Michael Haneke
* 2013: The Great Beauty – Paolo Sorrentino
* 2014: Ida – Paweł Pawlikowski
* 2015: Son of Saul – László Nemes
* 2016: The Salesman – Asghar Farhadi
* 2017: A Fantastic Woman – Sebastián Lelio
* 2018: Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
* 2019: Parasite – Bong Joon-ho
* 2020: Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
* 2021: Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi
* 2022: All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger
* 2023: The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

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Czech Lion for Best Director

* Jan Hřebejk (1993)
* Milan Šteindler (1994)
* Martin Šulík (1995)
* Jan Svěrák (1996)
* Petr Zelenka (1997)
* Vladimír Michálek (1998)
* Saša Gedeon (1999)
* Jan Hřebejk (2000)
* Jan Svěrák (2001)
* Petr Zelenka (2002)
* Vladimír Morávek (2003)
* Jan Hřebejk (2004)
* Bohdan Sláma (2005)
* Jiří Menzel (2006)
* Jan Svěrák (2007)
* Petr Zelenka (2008)
* Marek Najbrt (2009)
* Radim Špaček (2010)
* Zdeněk Jiráský (2011)
* David Ondříček (2012)
* Agnieszka Holland (2013)
* Petr Václav (2014)
* Jan Prušinovský (2015)
* Julius Ševčík (2016)
* Bohdan Sláma (2017)
* Olmo Omerzu (2018)
* Václav Marhoul (2019)
* Agnieszka Holland (2020)
* David Ondříček (2021)
* Petr Václav (2022)
* Tomáš Pavlíček and Jan Vejnar (2023)

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