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 53
Movies 52
Director 28
self 4
Writer 3
TV Shows 1
Book
![Zahrada](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/366739-zahrada.webp)
Zahrada (1974)
TV
Art Direction
![Joy of Love](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/623303-joy-of-love.webp)
Joy of Love (1966)
Movie
Director
![The Hand](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/178183-the-hand.webp)
The Hand (1965)
Movie
Director / Art Direction / Screenplay / Story
![Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/579875-archangel-gabriel-and-mistress-goose.webp)
Archangel Gabriel and Mistress Goose (1965)
Movie
Art Designer
![Lemonade Joe](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/140829-lemonade-joe.webp)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Movie
Director / Screenplay / Art Direction
![Cybernetic Grandma](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/235182-cybernetic-grandma.webp)
Cybernetic Grandma (1963)
Movie
Art Direction
![Zlý jelen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Zlý jelen (1962)
Movie
Director
![Passion](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Passion (1961)
Movie
Art Designer
![The Midnight Adventure](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Midnight Adventure (1960)
Movie
Director / Art Designer / Screenplay
![A Midsummer's Night Dream](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/46325-a-midsummer-night-s-dream.webp)
A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Idea / Art Designer
![Why UNESCO?](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/575255-why-unesco.webp)
Why UNESCO? (1959)
Movie
Art Designer
![Bomb Mania](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Bomb Mania (1959)
Movie
Costume Design
![Against All](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/158598-against-all.webp)
Against All (1957)
Movie
Art Designer
![Paraplíčko](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/239048-paraplicko.webp)
Paraplíčko (1957)
Movie
Art Designer
![Spejbl on the Trail](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Spejbl on the Trail (1956)
Movie
Director / Screenplay / Art Designer
![Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase (1956)
Movie
Costume Design
![Jan Žižka](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/138617-jan-zizka.webp)
Jan Žižka (1956)
Movie
Director
![The Hurvinek Circus](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Hurvinek Circus (1955)
Movie
Costume Design / Art Designer
![Jan Hus](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/138433-jan-hus.webp)
Jan Hus (1955)
Movie
Director
![Two Little Frosts](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Two Little Frosts (1955)
Movie
6
Director / Screenplay / Art Designer
![Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku (1955)
Movie
Director
![Kutasek and Kutilka](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Kutasek and Kutilka (1954)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Art Designer
![How the Old Man Traded It All Away](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
How the Old Man Traded It All Away (1954)
Movie
Art Designer / Screenplay / Director
![Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče (1954)
Movie
Art Designer
![A Drop Too Much](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
A Drop Too Much (1954)
Movie
Director
![Old Czech Legends](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/338787-old-czech-legends.webp)
Old Czech Legends (1953)
Movie
Costume Design
![The Emperor and the Golem](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/14620-the-emperor-and-the-golem.webp)
The Emperor and the Golem (1952)
Movie
Art Designer
![The Gingerbread House](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/547776-the-gingerbread-house.webp)
The Gingerbread House (1951)
Movie
Director
![Prince Bayaya](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/164160-prince-bayaya.webp)
Prince Bayaya (1951)
Movie
Director
![The Merry Circus](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Merry Circus (1951)
Movie
Director
![The Golden Fish](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Golden Fish (1951)
Movie
Director
![Song of the Prairie](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/320372-song-of-the-prairie.webp)
Song of the Prairie (1949)
Movie
Director / Art Direction / Story / Screenplay
![Story of the Bass Cello](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/246166-story-of-the-bass-cello.webp)
Story of the Bass Cello (1949)
Movie
Director
![The Devil's Mill](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Devil's Mill (1949)
Movie
Director
![The Czech Year](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/239432-the-czech-year.webp)
The Czech Year (1947)
Movie
Art Designer
![Capek's Tales](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/155319-capek-s-tales.webp)
Capek's Tales (1947)
Movie
Director
![The Gift](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Gift (1947)
Movie
Screenplay / Supervising Art Director / Art Designer
![Liška a džbán](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Liška a džbán (1947)
Movie
Art Designer
![Míša Kulička](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Míša Kulička (1947)
Movie
Director
![Springman and the SS](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Springman and the SS (1946)
Movie
Writer
![Velryba - Abyrlev](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Velryba - Abyrlev
Movie
Gallery
![Jiří Trnka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/b/95063-jiri-trnka.webp)
![Jiří Trnka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/b/1/95063-jiri-trnka.webp)
![Jiří Trnka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/b/2/95063-jiri-trnka.webp)
![Jiří Trnka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/b/3/95063-jiri-trnka.webp)
![Jiří Trnka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/b/4/95063-jiri-trnka.webp)
![Jiří Trnka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/b/5/95063-jiri-trnka.webp)
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
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Last updated:
- Jiří Trnka
- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons