Hermína Týrlová
Hermína Týrlová was a prominent Czech animator, screen writer, and film director. Often called the mother of Czech animation over the course of her career, she produced over 60 animated children's short films using puppets and the technique of stop motion animation. Born in Březové Hory in Central Bohemia, Hermína Týrlová learned puppet-making skills from her father, who was a woodworker and made small wood figurines. As a teenager, she moved to Prague to make a living acting, singing, and dancing in vaudeville. She also began writing and illustrating children's magazines. In 1925, she joined Studio AB, where she met her future husband, Karel Dodal. The studio produced animated films for advertising companies such as Elektrajournal and IRE-Film.Dodal and Týrlová produced 5 animated advertising films together, and in 1935, they co-directed the first commercial Czech puppet animation film, Tajemství Lucerny ("The Lantern's Secret"). Following the 1939 German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Karel Dodal took exile in the United States and then Argentina. Týrlová chose to remain in Czechoslovakia. In 1941, she moved to Zlín in eastern Moravia to work with Ladislav Kolda at Bata Studios, where she remained for the rest of her life. In 1944, she released the short film Ferda Mravenec ("Fernando the Ant"), which achieved worldwide popularity. The original puppet for the main character is on display in the Toy Museum in Figueres, Spain. In 1947, she co-directed Vzpoura Hracek ("Revolt of the Toys") with Frantisek Sadek, which combined stop-motion animation with live action footage. She continued to write and direct animated films until 1986, and she died in Zlín on May 3, 1993 at the age of 92.
Revolution in Toyland
(Screenplay)
Collision
(Screenplay)
The Glass Marble
(Screenplay)
What Is Missing?
(Screenplay)
Lullaby
(Screenplay)
Nine Chicks
(Screenplay)
Blue Apron
(Screenplay)
Les Contes de la ferme
(Director)
Zlatovláska
(Screenplay)
The Choo-Choo Train
(Director)
Revolution in Toyland
(Director)
The Pig Shepard
(Screenplay)
Blue Apron
(Director)
Two Balls
(Director)
The Knot in the Handkerchief
(Screenplay)
Všem nelze vyhovět
(Screenplay)
The Choo-Choo Train
(Screenplay)
The Lost Doll
(Screenplay)
A Water Sprite in Love
(Director)
The Knot in the Handkerchief
(Director)
The Snowman
(Director)
The Lost Doll
(Director)
The Glass Marble
(Director)
The Curious Letter
(Director)
The Naughty Slingshot
(Screenplay)
Monkey Love?
(Screenplay)
Ferda the Ant
(Director)
Monkey Love?
(Director)
Oslík ušatec
(Writer)
The Snowman
(Writer)
The Pig Shepard
(Director)
Oslík ušatec
(Director)
The Naughty Slingshot
(Director)
Pohádka o drakovi
(Director)
Collision
(Director)
Nine Chicks
(Director)
Lullaby
(Director)
What Is Missing?
(Director)
Pohádka o drakovi
(Writer)
Nine Chicks
(Animation)
Kalamajka
(Director)
Fantaisie érotique
(Animation)
Fantaisie érotique
(Graphic Designer)
What Is Missing?
(Animation)
Ferda The Ant In The Foreign Service
(Director)
The Mischievous Boy
(Director)
I Count on the Wire
(Director)
Ferdy the Ant
(Director)
Devilish Tricks
(Screenplay)
Coral Fairytale
(Director)
Devilish Tricks
(Director)
Lullaby
(Animation)
L'Atelier enchanté
(Director)
Kalamajka
(Screenplay)
The Pig Shepard
(Animation)
The Mischievous Boy
(Screenplay)
Jak pejsek vyčmuchal darebáka
(Screenplay)
Jak pejsek vyčmuchal darebáka
(Director)
Ferda the Ant
(Animation)
Revolution in Toyland
(Animation)
Zlatovláska
(Director)
Devilish Tricks
(Story)
Skittish Brothers
(Director)
Coral Fairytale
(Story)
The Naughty Slingshot
(Story)
Skittish Brothers
(Story)
Konec kouzelníka Uhahuly
(Screenplay)
Lullaby
(Screenplay)
Ferda in the Anthill
(Director)
Příhody brouka Pytlíka
(Director)
Monkey Love?
(Story)
Hračky pračky
(Director)
Hračky pračky
(Screenplay)
Skittish Brothers
(Screenplay)
Jak si Jakub naposledy vystřelil
(Director)
Lullaby
(Director)
Lullaby
(Story)
Hračky pračky
(Story)
Příhody Ferdy mravence
(Director)
Konec kouzelníka Uhahuly
(Director)
Jak si Jakub naposledy vystřelil
(Screenplay)
Oslík ušatec
(Story)
Jak pejsek vyčmuchal darebáka
(Story)
A Wooly Tale
(Director)
The Curious Letter
(Screenplay)
A Wooly Tale
(Screenplay)
The Snowman
(Story)
Two Balls
(Screenplay)
The Glass Marble
(Story)
The Curious Letter
(Story)
The Mischievous Boy
(Story)
Two Balls
(Story)
Revenge Day
(Director)
Revenge Day
(Story)
Kalamajka
(Story)
Wreath of Songs
(Director)
Nočná romanca
(Screenplay)
Nepovedený panáček
(Director)
Nočná romanca
(Animation)
Revenge Day
(Screenplay)
Míček Flíček
(Story)
Zlatovláska
(Story)
Wreath of Songs
(Screenplay)
Nine Chicks
(Story)
What Is Missing?
(Story)
Nepovedený panáček
(Screenplay)
Nočná romanca
(Director)
Lullaby
(Story)
Míček Flíček
(Director)
The Lost Doll
(Story)
Wreath of Songs
(Story)
Ideas in Search of Light
(Animation)
Nepovedený panáček
(Animation)
Meliorace půdy
(Animation)
Collision
(Animation)
Tommy and the Mermaid
(Director)
Hermína Týrlová
(Animation)
The Knot in the Handkerchief
(Story)
Little Girl Or Little Boy?
(Screenplay)
Ukradené dítě
(Story)
Star of Bethlehem
(Story)
The Queen of the Waves
(Animation)
Star of Bethlehem
(Screenplay)
Obávaná kačena
(Story)
Malovánky
(Story)
Toulavé telátko
(Director)
Psí nebe
(Screenplay)
Little Girl Or Little Boy?
(Director)
Star of Bethlehem
(Director)
Malovánky
(Screenplay)
Bimbo's Unfortunate Adventure
(Animation)
Christmas Tree
(Director)
Obávaná kačena
(Screenplay)
Ukradené dítě
(Screenplay)
Psí nebe
(Director)
Malovánky
(Director)
Obávaná kačena
(Director)
Ukradené dítě
(Director)
Toulavé telátko
(Story)
Toulavé telátko
(Screenplay)
Christmas Tree
(Story)
Little Girl Or Little Boy?
(Story)
Christmas Tree
(Screenplay)
Psí nebe
(Story)
Kluk dostává filipa
(Story)
Pejskův sen
(Story)
Píšťalka
(Screenplay)
Píšťalka
(Director)
Kluk dostává filipa
(Director)
Píšťalka
(Story)
Pejskův sen
(Screenplay)
Pejskův sen
(Director)
Kluk dostává filipa
(Screenplay)
Růžové brýle
(Story)
Růžové brýle
(Director)
Vánoce u zvířátek
(Screenplay)
Vánoce u zvířátek
(Story)
Růžové brýle
(Screenplay)
Vánoce u zvířátek
(Director)
Já a můj dvojnožec
(Director)
Já a Bělovous Zrzunda
(Director)
Já a Fousek
(Director)
Já a Kiki
(Director)
Já a Bleděmodrá
(Director)
Animal’s Best Friend
(Director)
The New Adventures of Felix the Cat
(Animation)
Felix the Cat Receives a Lesson
(Animation)
A Cabin Boy on Salty Water
(Animation)