Jiří Weiss
Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue. Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. His father was a Czech patriot and named his son after Czech king Jiří of Poděbrady.His parents were Emil Weiss (1880–1942) and Martha Weissová (née Fuchsová; 1882–1944). Emil Weiss owned a liqueur factory in Libeň district. Since his youth, Jiří was an staunch communist, which was at the heart of disputes with his capitalist parents. As a young boy he was friends with Franz Kafka's niece Marianne Pollaková and thanks to her he was able to read the books of then-unknown writer Kafka in the 1920s. Weiss was interested in studying at film school, but his parents wished he studied law. While still a minor, he left his home and lived with his friend K. M. Walló [cs]. Weiss started to work as a copywriter in advertising. His father, who disagreed with his life choices and could still make decisions about his underage son, had him institutionalized in a mental hospital. Weiss never spoke to his father ever again. In his early twenties, he started working as a copywriter for the Prague branch of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. At this time, he wrote his first book – a story for children O věrné Hadimršce. He befriended leading intellectuals of the Left Front in Prague, including Vladislav Vančura and Ivan Olbracht. In 1934, Vančura invited him to be an assistant cinematographer on his movie Marijka the Faithless, based on Olbracht's book.
Pan Habětín odchází
(Creative Producer)
The Stolen Border
(Screenplay)
Ves v pohraničí
(Creative Producer)
Křížová trojka
(Creative Producer)
O ševci Matoušovi
(Creative Producer)
Conscience
(Creative Producer)
Poslední výstřel
(Creative Producer)
Poslední výstřel
(Director)
V trestném území
(Creative Producer)
Vstanou noví bojovníci
(Creative Producer)
Reportáž psaná na oprátce
(Story)
The Coward
(Screenplay)
The King of Kings
(Story)
Promiňte, omyl!
(Director)
Promiňte, omyl!
(Screenplay)
Můj přítel Fabián
(Screenplay)
We Will Remain Faithful
(Director)
We Will Remain Faithful
(Screenplay)
We Will Remain Faithful
(Editor)
90° in the Shade
(Screenplay)
Punta and the Four-Leaf Clover
(Screenplay)
Píseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí
(Director)
Píseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí
(Screenplay)
Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry
(Director)
Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry
(Screenplay)
A Life at Stake
(Director)
Murder Czech Style
(Story)
Murder Czech Style
(Screenplay)
A Life at Stake
(Screenplay)
Spravedlnost pro Selvina
(Screenplay)
Days of Joy
(Director)
Days of Joy
(Screenplay)
Wolf Trap
(Story)
Wolf Trap
(Screenstory)
Murder Czech Style
(Director)
Who Killed Jack Robins?
(Director)
Spravedlnost pro Selvina
(Director)
The Stolen Border
(Director)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
(Director)
Wolf Trap
(Director)
90° in the Shade
(Director)
90° in the Shade
(Story)
Martha and I
(Director)
Martha and I
(Screenplay)
Wie man seinen Gatten los wird
(Director)
Waterloo
(Director)
The Golden Fern
(Director)
The Golden Fern
(Screenplay)
The Coward
(Director)
Song of Ruthenia
(Director)
Die Herberge
(Director)
Punta and the Four-Leaf Clover
(Director)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
(Screenplay)
The Rape of Czechoslovakia
(Director)
Můj přítel Fabián
(Director)
Before the Raid
(Director)
100,000,000 Women
(Editor)
The Other RAF
(Director)
Taková láska
(Director)
Taková láska
(Screenplay)
The Girl Robinson Crusoe
(Screenplay)
Die Herberge
(Writer)
Dejte nám křídla
(Director)
Dejte nám křídla
(Screenplay)
100,000,000 Women
(Director)
Dravci
(Director)
Dravci
(Screenplay)
Vstanou noví bojovníci
(Director)
The Illusion Factory
(Director)
The Illusion Factory
(Screenplay)
Zkrocený živel
(Dialogue)
Vstanou noví bojovníci
(Screenstory)
Marijka the Unfaithful
(Assistant Director Trainee)
Marijka the Unfaithful
(Camera Trainee)
Nevíte o bytě?
(Creative Producer)
Eternal Prague
(Director)