Directing
Jan Němec
- Titles
- 37movies3TV shows
- Career
Active from 1960 to 2025, with a break from 1976 to 1990, busiest in 1968 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 24titles as director
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Diamonds of the Night72/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics7.7average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism6.8average 3.3
- Social Commentary8.2average 4.9
- Historical5.8average 2.6
- Melancholy7.6average 4.7
- Satire & Parody4.9average 2.3
- Pathos7.1average 5.2
- Psychological7.1average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.5, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.2, average 2.2
- Wholesome1.7, average 3.3
- Physical Comedy1.0, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Espionage 2
- Czechoslovak New Wave 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- MMiroslav HájekEditorThe Party and the Guests, Martyrs of Love, Diamonds of the Night, Murdering the Devil, Pearls of the Deep, +4 more
- JJan KlusákActorThe Party and the Guests, Martyrs of Love, Pearls of the Deep
- JJiří MaxaCinematographerThe Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street, The Ferrari Dino Girl, Toyen
Ester KrumbachováWriterThe Party and the Guests, Martyrs of Love, Murdering the Devil
Václav HavelActorLate Night Talks with Mother, Heart Beat 3D
Karel RodenActorThe Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street, Late Night Talks with Mother
Marta KubišováActorLate Night Talks with Mother, Náhrdelník melancholie- KKarel MarešActorThe Party and the Guests, Martyrs of Love
Jiří MenzelActorThe Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street, Pearls of the Deep
Jiří BartoškaActorThe Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street, Flames of Royal Love
Pavel LandovskýActorLate Night Talks with Mother, Flames of Royal Love
Evald SchormActorThe Party and the Guests, Pearls of the Deep
Movies and TV shows
33Upcoming
1 title
2020s
1 title
2010s
3 titles
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street (2016)
Director, Writer
Heart Beat 3D (2010)
Director, Writer
2000s
5 titles
The Ferrari Dino Girl (2009)
Director, Writer
Heart Above the Castle (2008)
Director, Idea
Toyen (2005)
as Commentary (voice)
Landscape of my Heart (2004)
Director
Late Night Talks with Mother (2003)
as Jan Němec
1990s
2 titles
Code Name: Ruby (1996)
Director, Producer
Flames of Royal Love (1991)
as (uncredited)
1980s
2 titles · average score 70
70
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
'68 (1988)
as Dezsö Horváth
1970s
3 titles · average score 65
Metamorphosis (1975)
Writer, Director
Das Rückendekolleté (1975)
Writer, Director
65
Murdering the Devil (1970)
as (uncreditted)
1960s
15 titles · average score 65
Oratorio for Prague (1968)
Director
Čas slunce a růží (1968)
Director
Seven Days to Remember (1968)
Cinematography
58
Martyrs of Love (1967)
Story, Director
69
The Party and the Guests (1966)
Director, Screenplay
62
Pearls of the Deep (1966)
Director, Screenplay
72
Diamonds of the Night (1964)
Writer, Screenplay
The Day the Tree Blooms (1961)
Assistant Director
Osení (1961)
Assistant Director
Červnové dny (1961)
First Assistant Director
A Loaf of Bread (1960)
Director, Writer
No Entrance (1960)
as (segment "In Pursuit")
1950s
1 title
Povodeň (1958)
Assistant Director