Biography
Břetislav Pojar (7 October 1923 – 12 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator, and director of short and feature films.
Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on The Story of the Bass Cello (1949) based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka. Pojar served as a puppeteer under his mentor Trnka.
Pojar compiled an extensive body of work as a director and animator in Czechoslovakia, where he made films in both puppet animation to the more common stop motion animation.
In the mid-1960s, Pojar emigrated to Canada, where he began a long collaboration with the National Film Board. His Canadian work is some of his best known and has won awards at prestigious international film festivals. His film To See or Not to See (Psychocratie) won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year in 1970.
Pojar's work is characterized by strong social commentary, such as in Balablok, where armies of small circle- and square-shaped beings war with each other until they are all wounded into indistinguishable shapes. Often, Pojar's shorts contain little or no spoken dialogue.
In the mid-2000s, Pojar moved back to the Czech film business in order to co-direct the collaborative animated feature film Fimfárum 2 (based on the stories of Jan Werich), which was released in 2006.
Pojar died in Prague at the age of 89 in 2012.
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Filmography
all 74
Movies 70
Director 53
TV Shows 4
Writer 2
self 2
Screenplay 1
Pojar dětem (2016)
The Christmas Ballad (2016)
Le Voyage de Tom Pouce (2015)
Car Fairy Tales (2011)
Mr. and Mr. (2006)
Fimfarum 2 (2006)
Winter Days (2003)
Narkoblues (1997)
Children First! (1996)
GENUS (1995)
Pourquoi? (1995)
Mouseology (1994)
Ex-Child (1994)
Overdose (1994)
The Flying Sneaker (1991)
Jája a Pája (1987)
From step to progress (1987)
Nightangel (1986)
'E' (1981)
If... (1981)
B.O.O.O.M. (1979)
Dášeňka (1979)
How to Catch a Tiger (1977)
About the Thick Fog (1976)
Who Threw That, Gentlemen? Hello, Kohlrabi (1974)
The Apple Tree Maiden (1974)
Zahrada (1974)
Balablok (1973)
Who Threw That, Gentlemen? Of The Panter Who Smelt Good (1972)
Who Threw That, Gentlemen? And Don't Call Me Vašík (1972)
Who Threw That, Gentlemen? Dog Pieces (1971)
Who Threw That, Gentleman? What Went Bang (1971)
To See or Not to See (1969)
Darwin Antidarwin (1969)
Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Went to Sleep (1968)
Fanfaron, the Little Clown (1968)
Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Hold On to Your Hat (1967)
Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Ate Witty Porridge (1967)
Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Princesses Are Not to Be Sniffed At (1967)
Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How the Bears Went Swimming (1966)
Hey Mister, Let's Play! How They Met At Kolin (1966)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Ideál (1964)
A Few Words of Introduction (1963)
Billiard (1962)
Painting is for the Cats (1961)
On a Cat's Word (1961)
School for Cats (1961)
The Midnight Adventure (1960)
The Lion and the Song (1959)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
Skutečnost Noci svatojánské (1959)
Bomb Mania (1959)
Paraplíčko (1957)
Spejbl na stopě (1956)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase (1956)
Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce (1955)
Two Little Frosts (1955)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku (1955)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče (1954)
A Drop Too Much (1954)
Old Czech Legends (1953)
Josef Mánes II. (1952)
The Gingerbread House (1951)
Prince Bayaya (1951)
Josef Mánes (1951)
The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
Story of the Bass Cello (1949)
Song of the Prairie (1949)
The Devil's Mill (1949)
The Czech Year (1947)
Vodník ve mlýně (1947)
Míša Kulička (1947)
Wedding in the Coral Sea (1944)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1923-10-07
Deathday2012-10-12 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceSušice, Czech Republic
CitizenshipsCzechoslovakia, Czech Republic
Also Known AsBretislav Pojar, Бржетислав Пояр
AwardsMeritorious Artist, Czech Medal of Merit, Short Film Palme d'Or
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