Biography
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.
Filmography
all 52
Movies 51
Director 28
self 5
TV Shows 1
Self
Jirí Trnka: Puppet Animation Master (1999)
Movie
Book
How to Catch a Tiger (1977)
Movie
Book
About the Thick Fog (1976)
Movie
Book
Zahrada (1974)
TV
Self
Jiří Trnka (1967)
Movie
Art Direction
Joy of Love (1966)
Movie
Director
The Hand (1965)
Movie
Director
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose (1965)
Movie
Art Designer
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Movie
Director
Cybernetic Grandma (1963)
Movie
Art Direction
Zlý jelen (1962)
Movie
Director
Passion (1961)
Movie
Art Designer
The Midnight Adventure (1960)
Movie
Director
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
Movie
Self
Skutečnost Noci svatojánské (1959)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Idea / Art Designer
Why UNESCO? (1959)
Movie
Art Designer
Bomb Mania (1959)
Movie
Costume Design
Against All (1957)
Movie
Art Designer
Paraplíčko (1957)
Movie
Himself
To jsou Bratři v triku (1957)
Movie
Art Designer
Spejbl na stopě (1956)
Movie
Director
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Art Designer
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase (1956)
Movie
Costume Design
Jan Žižka (1956)
Movie
Self
Loutky Jiřího Trnky (1956)
Movie
Director
The Hurvinek Circus (1955)
Movie
Costume Design / Art Designer
Jan Hus (1955)
Movie
Director
Two Little Frosts (1955)
Movie
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Art Designer
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Art Designer
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku (1955)
Movie
Director
Kutasek and Kutilka (1954)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Art Designer
How the Old Man Traded It All Away (1954)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Art Designer
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče (1954)
Movie
Art Designer
A Drop Too Much (1954)
Movie
Director
Old Czech Legends (1953)
Movie
Costume Design
The Emperor and the Golem (1952)
Movie
Art Designer
The Gingerbread House (1951)
Movie
Director
Prince Bayaya (1951)
Movie
Director
The Golden Fish (1951)
Movie
Director
The Merry Circus (1951)
Movie
Director
The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
Movie
Director
Story of the Bass Cello (1949)
Movie
Director
Song of the Prairie (1949)
Movie
Director
The Devil's Mill (1949)
Movie
Director
The Czech Year (1947)
Movie
Art Designer
Capek's Tales (1947)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Supervising Art Director / Story / Art Designer
The Animals and the Brigands (1947)
Movie
Director
The Gift (1947)
Movie
Screenplay / Supervising Art Director / Art Designer
Liška a džbán (1947)
Movie
Art Designer
Míša Kulička (1947)
Movie
Director
Springman and the SS (1946)
Movie
Director
Grandpa Planted a Beet (1945)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1912-02-24
Deathday1969-12-30 (57 years old)
Birth PlacePlzeň, Czech Republic
ChildrenHelena Trösterová-Trnková, Klára Trnková, Jiří Trnka
CitizenshipsCzechoslovakia, Austria-Hungary
Also Known AsJiří Trnka
Awardshonorary citizen of Plzeň, Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration, Národní umělec
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