Directing
Jan Švankmajer
- Career
Active from 1964 to 2022, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Alice85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.4, average 5.4
- Family Dynamics2.4, average 4.8
- Crime1.2, average 3.6
- Romance1.9, average 3.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 5
- Psychological Horror 5
- Unsettling Atmosphere 4
- Stop-Motion Animation 4
- Stop-Motion 4
- Avant-Garde 3
- Experimental Film 3
- Darkly Humorous 3
- Historical Context 3
- Absurdist Humor 3
- Visual Storytelling 2
- Arthouse 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- SSvatopluk MalýCinematographerAlice, Faust, The Last Trick, The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia, J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor, +8 more
- MMarie ZemanováActorLittle Otik, Alice, Faust, Lunacy, The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia, +5 more
Zdeněk LiškaComposerCastle of Otranto, Jabberwocky, The Flat, Don Juan, Natural History Suite, +4 more- HHelena LebduškováEditorCastle of Otranto, Dimensions of Dialogue, Jabberwocky, The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope, The Fall of the House of Usher, +4 more
- MMilada SádkováEditorThe Last Trick, J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor, The Garden, Don Juan, Natural History Suite, +1 more
- MMiloslav ŠpálaCinematographerVirile Games, Conspirators of Pleasure, The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope, The Fall of the House of Usher, Darkness, Light, Darkness
Pavel NovýActorLittle Otik, Lunacy, Conspirators of Pleasure, Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)- JJiří ŠafářCinematographerCastle of Otranto, Punch and Judy, Et cetera, Leonardo's Diary
- JJuraj GalvánekCinematographerLittle Otik, Lunacy, Surviving Life (Theory and Practice), Down to the Cellar
Jiří LábusActorInsect, Conspirators of Pleasure
Petr ČepekActorFaust, The Fall of the House of Usher- VVáclav BorovičkaActorThe Garden, A Quiet Week in the House
Movies and TV shows
502020s
1 title
Writer, Director
2010s
2 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch score 58Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 70Director, Screenplay
2000s
6 titles · average score 74
GoodWatch score 66Screenplay, Production Design
GoodWatch score 79Director
GoodWatch score 76Producer, Art Direction
1990s
5 titles · average score 77
GoodWatch score 81Costume Design, Producer
GoodWatch score 79Director, Production Design
GoodWatch score 76Art Direction, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 74Director, Writer
GoodWatch score 77Director, Art Direction
1980s
17 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch score 64Art Direction, Writer
GoodWatch score 63Writer, Director
GoodWatch score 69Director, Writer
GoodWatch score 85Author, Director
GoodWatch score 71Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 78Screenplay, Art Direction
GoodWatch score 71Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 71Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 63Screenplay, Art Direction
GoodWatch score 37Special Props
GoodWatch score 68Special Props
GoodWatch score 52Art Direction
1970s
7 titles · average score 68
GoodWatch score 65Art Direction, Title Designer
GoodWatch score 74Art Designer, Animation
GoodWatch score 68Story, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 63Director, Screenplay
Art Direction
GoodWatch score 69Art Direction, Writer
GoodWatch score 69Story, Director
1960s
12 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch score 63Story, Director
GoodWatch score 69Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 74Director, Story
GoodWatch score 73Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 67Director, Editor
GoodWatch score 61Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 66Art Direction, Story
Writer, Producer
GoodWatch score 68Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 62Director, Story
GoodWatch score 67Writer, Director
GoodWatch score 68Screenplay, Director