Jiří Trnka
A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war he designed stage sets and illustrated children's books. In 1945 he set up an animation unit with several collaborators at the Prague film studio; they called the unit "Trick Brothers." Trnka specialized in puppet animation, a traditional Czech art form, of which he became the undisputed master. He also created animated cartoons, but it was his puppet animation that made him an internationally recognized artist and the winner of film festival awards at Venice and elsewhere. He wrote the scripts for most of his own films.
Song of the Prairie
(Art Designer)
The Emperor's Nightingale
(Art Designer)
Passion
(Art Designer)
A Midsummer's Night Dream
(Director)
Zlý jelen
(Art Direction)
The Golden Fish
(Art Designer)
The Gingerbread House
(Art Designer)
The Merry Circus
(Story)
The Merry Circus
(Screenplay)
Old Czech Legends
(Art Designer)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
(Art Designer)
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
(Art Designer)
Two Little Frosts
(Director)
Kutasek and Kutilka
(Art Designer)
A Drop Too Much
(Art Designer)
Two Little Frosts
(Art Designer)
Jan Hus
(Art Designer)
Cybernetic Grandma
(Director)
Lemonade Joe
(Art Designer)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
(Director)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
(Screenplay)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
(Art Designer)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
(Director)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
(Screenplay)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
(Art Designer)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
(Director)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
(Screenplay)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
(Art Designer)
Story of the Bass Cello
(Director)
The Devil's Mill
(Director)
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
(Director)
Song of the Prairie
(Director)
The Hurvinek Circus
(Director)
Spejbl on the Trail
(Art Designer)
The Emperor's Nightingale
(Director)
The Hand
(Director)
Springman and the SS
(Director)
Passion
(Director)
The Devil's Mill
(Art Designer)
Grandpa Planted a Beet
(Director)
The Animals and the Brigands
(Director)
Old Czech Legends
(Director)
The Golden Fish
(Director)
Prince Bayaya
(Director)
The Good Soldier Schweik
(Director)
Why UNESCO?
(Art Designer)
The Czech Year
(Director)
Bomb Mania
(Art Designer)
A Midsummer's Night Dream
(Art Designer)
The Emperor and the Golem
(Costume Design)
The Midnight Adventure
(Art Designer)
About the Thick Fog
(Book)
How to Catch a Tiger
(Book)
Joy of Love
(Art Direction)
The Gift
(Director)
The Merry Circus
(Director)
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
(Director)
Kutasek and Kutilka
(Director)
Why UNESCO?
(Director)
Why UNESCO?
(Screenplay)
Velryba - Abyrlev
(Writer)
The Merry Circus
(Graphic Designer)
The Good Soldier Schweik
(Writer)
Old Czech Legends
(Screenplay)
Old Czech Legends
(Story)
Prince Bayaya
(Screenplay)
Story of the Bass Cello
(Screenplay)
Story of the Bass Cello
(Story)
Story of the Bass Cello
(Art Direction)
The Hand
(Story)
The Hand
(Screenplay)
The Hand
(Art Direction)
A Midsummer's Night Dream
(Screenplay)
Passion
(Story)
Passion
(Screenplay)
The Gift
(Story)
The Gift
(Screenplay)
Liška a džbán
(Screenplay)
Springman and the SS
(Screenplay)
The Czech Year
(Story)
The Czech Year
(Screenplay)
The Czech Year
(Art Direction)
The Czech Year
(Editor)
Grandpa Planted a Beet
(Story)
Grandpa Planted a Beet
(Screenplay)
Grandpa Planted a Beet
(Art Direction)
The Animals and the Brigands
(Story)
The Animals and the Brigands
(Screenplay)
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
(Story)
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
(Screenplay)
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
(Art Direction)
Song of the Prairie
(Screenplay)
Prince Bayaya
(Art Direction)
The Hurvinek Circus
(Screenplay)
The Hurvinek Circus
(Art Designer)
The Emperor's Nightingale
(Screenplay)
The Emperor's Nightingale
(Editor)
The Devil's Mill
(Story)
The Devil's Mill
(Screenplay)
Two Little Frosts
(Story)
Two Little Frosts
(Screenplay)
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
(Screenplay)
Kutasek and Kutilka
(Screenplay)
Cybernetic Grandma
(Screenplay)
Cybernetic Grandma
(Art Direction)
The Golden Fish
(Screenplay)
Paraplíčko
(Art Designer)
Why UNESCO?
(Idea)
Against All
(Costume Design)
Jan Hus
(Costume Design)
Jan Žižka
(Costume Design)
The Gift
(Art Designer)
Springman and the SS
(Art Designer)
The Animals and the Brigands
(Art Designer)
Springman and the SS
(Supervising Art Director)
The Gift
(Supervising Art Director)
The Animals and the Brigands
(Supervising Art Director)
Capek's Tales
(Art Designer)
Liška a džbán
(Art Designer)
Liška a džbán
(Supervising Art Director)
Míša Kulička
(Art Designer)
Zahrada
(Book)