# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-roth
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:28:13.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-roth"
name: "Jan Roth"
slug: "jan-roth"
description: "Jan Roth was a Czech cinematographer. During World War I he served in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Roth started his career as a lighting technician at the New German theatre in Prague. In 1926 he became a chief lighting technician at Karel Lamač's Kavalírka film studio. Roth later served as Otto Heller's assistant on Lamač's films. In 1934 he started to work as a cameraman. He soon became of the most prolific cinematographers of the Czechoslovak cinema. Following the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 he continued to work for both Czech and German productions at Barrandov Studios. Roth often collaborated with directors Otakar Vávra and Martin Frič. He was noted for his ability to create Chiaroscuro effects."
tagline: "Czech cameraman (1899–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JAN-ROTH-KAMERAMAN.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1899-11-10"
deathDate: "1972-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.89
  momentum:             1.296296296296296
  historical:           6.135529333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744873/"
    handle:    "nm0744873"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD"
    title: "Рот, Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB"
    title: "چان روث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Roth"
    title: "Jan Roth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Roth_(Kameramann)"
    title: "Jan Roth (Kameramann)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Roth"
    title: "Jan Roth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB"
    title: "جان راث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12023037"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2776191"
    title: "Jan Roth"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump