Portrait of Jan Němec

Directing

Jan Němec

Career

Active from 1960 to 2026, with a break from 1976 to 1989, busiest in 1968 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Diamonds of the Night
Diamonds of the Night
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jan Němec Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    1.8, average 3.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 2
  • Espionage 2
  • Czech New Wave 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Czechoslovak New Wave 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec
Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec

Director

2020s

3 titles · average score 77
A Loaf of Bread
A Loaf of Bread (2026)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay, Director

FAMU 80 – Best of
FAMU 80 – Best of (2026)

Director

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut (2025)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer

2010s

3 titles
Deckname Holec
Deckname Holec (2016)

Story

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street (2016)

Writer, Director

Heart Beat 3D
Heart Beat 3D (2010)

Writer, Director

2000s

5 titles
The Ferrari Dino Girl
The Ferrari Dino Girl (2009)

Director, Writer

Heart Above the Castle
Heart Above the Castle (2008)

Screenplay, Director

Toyen
Toyen (2005)

as Commentary (voice)

Landscape of my Heart
Landscape of my Heart (2004)

Director of Photography, Screenplay

Late Night Talks with Mother
Late Night Talks with Mother (2003)

as Jan Němec

1990s

3 titles
Code Name: Ruby
Code Name: Ruby (1996)

Additional Photography, Still Photographer

Flames of Royal Love
Flames of Royal Love (1991)

as (uncredited)

The Strahov Demonstration
The Strahov Demonstration (1990)

Director

1980s

2 titles · average score 77
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
GoodWatch score 77

as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague

'68
'68 (1988)

as Dezsö Horváth

1970s

3 titles · average score 61
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis (1975)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Writer

Das Rückendekolleté
Das Rückendekolleté (1975)

Director, Writer

Killing the Devil
Killing the Devil (1970)
GoodWatch score 62

as (uncreditted)

1960s

14 titles · average score 66
Oratorio for Prague
Oratorio for Prague (1968)

Director

Necklace of Melancholy
Necklace of Melancholy (1968)

Screenplay, Director

Čas slunce a růží
Čas slunce a růží (1968)

Director

Seven Days to Remember
Seven Days to Remember (1968)

Cinematography

Martyrs of Love
Martyrs of Love (1967)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay, Story

The Party and the Guests
The Party and the Guests (1966)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Screenplay

Pearls of the Deep
Pearls of the Deep (1966)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay, Director

Diamonds of the Night
Diamonds of the Night (1964)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Screenplay

A Memory for the Present
A Memory for the Present (1963)

Writer, Director

The Day the Tree Blooms
The Day the Tree Blooms (1961)

Assistant Director

Osení
Osení (1961)

Assistant Director

No Entrance
No Entrance (1960)

as (segment "In Pursuit")

1950s

1 title
Povodeň
Povodeň (1958)

Assistant Director