Directing
Jan Švankmajer
- Titles
- 59movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1964 to 2022, busiest in 1989 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 40titles as director
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
The Garden85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Absurdist Humor6.8average 2.0
- Uncanny6.4average 2.5
- Fantasy4.2average 1.8
- Wonder5.7average 3.4
- Dark Humor4.8average 2.9
- Satire & Parody4.1average 2.3
- Scare3.3average 2.6
- Psychological6.2average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.4, average 5.2
- Crime0.9, average 3.7
- Family Dynamics2.1, average 4.7
- Adrenaline2.8, average 5.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 5
- Stop-Motion Animation 3
- Experimental Animation 3
- Historical Context 3
- Absurdist Comedy 2
- Stop-Motion 2
- Unsettling Atmosphere 2
- Grotesque Imagery 2
- Czech Cinema 2
- Darkly Humorous 2
- Absurdist Humor 2
- Experimental Film 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- SSvatopluk MalýCinematographerAnother Kind of Love, Alice, Faust, The Garden, A Quiet Week in the House, +9 more
- MMarie ZemanováActorAnother Kind of Love, Alice, Little Otik, Faust, Lunacy, +6 more
Zdeněk LiškaComposerCastle of Otranto, Jabberwocky, Punch and Judy, The Ossuary, Et cetera, +4 more- HHelena LebduškováEditorCastle of Otranto, Dimensions of Dialogue, A Quiet Week in the House, Jabberwocky, The Fall of the House of Usher, +4 more
- MMilada SádkováEditorThe Garden, The Last Trick, J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor, The Ossuary, Historia Naturae (suita), +1 more
- MMiloslav ŠpálaCinematographerConspirators of Pleasure, Virile Games, Darkness, Light, Darkness, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit, the Pendulum and Hope
Pavel NovýActorLittle Otik, Lunacy, Conspirators of Pleasure, Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)- JJiří ŠafářCinematographerCastle of Otranto, Punch and Judy, Leonardo's Diary, Et cetera
- JJuraj GalvánekCinematographerLittle Otik, Lunacy, Surviving Life (Theory and Practice), Down to the Cellar
Jiří LábusActorConspirators of Pleasure, Insect
Petr ČepekActorFaust, The Fall of the House of Usher- IIvan KrausActorThe Garden, The Flat
Movies and TV shows
512020s
1 title
Writer, Director
2010s
2 titles · average score 65
59
Director, Writer
70
Production Design, Director
2000s
6 titles · average score 75
67
Director, Screenplay
79
Screenplay, Director
1990s
4 titles · average score 76
81
Art Direction, Story
82
Production Design, Director
69
Production Design, Author
73
Art Direction, Writer
1980s
19 titles · average score 66
81
Screenplay, Director
68
Art Direction, Director
64
Director, Art Direction
61
Writer, Director
68
Production Design, Director
60
Art Direction, Director
71
Art Direction, Director
83
Director, Screenplay
71
Director, Story
71
Director, Story
62
Director, Art Direction
65
Special Props
1970s
7 titles · average score 67
64
Title Designer, Art Direction
74
Art Designer, Animation
66
Director, Story
64
Story, Director
Art Direction
67
Director, Art Direction
69
Story, Director
1960s
12 titles · average score 67
63
Screenplay, Director
56
Screenplay, Director
85
Screenplay, Director
66
Writer, Editor
84
Director, Story
60
Art Direction, Director
65
Story, Art Direction
Editor, Writer
67
Art Direction, Screenplay
67
Director, Writer
61
Screenplay, Director
68
Art Direction, Story