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
(Screenplay)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
(Screenplay)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
(Art Designer)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
(Art Designer)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase
(Director)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku
(Director)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
(Art Designer)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
(Screenplay)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče
(Director)
Story of the Bass Cello
(Director)
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
(Director)
The Hurvinek Circus
(Director)
The Devil's Mill
(Director)
Spejbl on the Trail
(Art Designer)
Song of the Prairie
(Director)
The Emperor's Nightingale
(Director)
The Hand
(Director)
Springman and the SS
(Director)
Passion
(Director)
The Devil's Mill
(Art Designer)
The Animals and the Brigands
(Director)
Grandpa Planted a Beet
(Director)
Prince Bayaya
(Director)
The Good Soldier Schweik
(Director)
Old Czech Legends
(Director)
The Golden Fish
(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)
How to Catch a Tiger
(Book)
About the Thick Fog
(Book)
Joy of Love
(Art Direction)
The Merry Circus
(Director)
The Gift
(Director)
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
(Director)
Kutasek and Kutilka
(Director)
Why UNESCO?
(Screenplay)
Why UNESCO?
(Director)
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
(Art Direction)
Story of the Bass Cello
(Story)
The Hand
(Story)
The Hand
(Art Direction)
Story of the Bass Cello
(Screenplay)
A Midsummer's Night Dream
(Screenplay)
The Hand
(Screenplay)
The Gift
(Screenplay)
The Czech Year
(Story)
The Czech Year
(Art Direction)
Passion
(Story)
The Gift
(Story)
Liška a džbán
(Screenplay)
The Czech Year
(Editor)
Passion
(Screenplay)
Springman and the SS
(Screenplay)
The Czech Year
(Screenplay)
The Animals and the Brigands
(Screenplay)
Grandpa Planted a Beet
(Art Direction)
The Animals and the Brigands
(Story)
Grandpa Planted a Beet
(Story)
Grandpa Planted a Beet
(Screenplay)
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
(Screenplay)
Prince Bayaya
(Art Direction)
Song of the Prairie
(Screenplay)
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
(Art Direction)
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose
(Story)
Cybernetic Grandma
(Screenplay)
The Hurvinek Circus
(Screenplay)
The Hurvinek Circus
(Art Designer)
The Emperor's Nightingale
(Editor)
Cybernetic Grandma
(Art Direction)
Two Little Frosts
(Screenplay)
The Devil's Mill
(Screenplay)
The Emperor's Nightingale
(Screenplay)
The Golden Fish
(Screenplay)
How the Old Man Traded It All Away
(Screenplay)
Kutasek and Kutilka
(Screenplay)
The Devil's Mill
(Story)
Two Little Frosts
(Story)
Paraplíčko
(Art Designer)
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)
The Animals and the Brigands
(Supervising Art Director)
The Gift
(Supervising Art Director)
Springman and the SS
(Supervising Art Director)
Liška a džbán
(Art Designer)
Míša Kulička
(Art Designer)
Liška a džbán
(Supervising Art Director)
Capek's Tales
(Art Designer)
The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
(Producer)
Why UNESCO?
(Story)
The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
(Director)
The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka
(Writer)
Garden
(Book)
The Good Soldier Schweik
(Director)