# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-sverak
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:30:56.679Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-sverak"
name: "Jan Svěrák"
slug: "jan-sverak"
description: "Jan Svěrák is a Czech film director and screenwriter. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák, with whom he collaborated on his most successful films. He is among the most recognised Czech filmmakers. His best-known films are the Oscar-winning Kolya and the Oscar-nominated The Elementary School."
tagline: "Czech film director (born 1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Sverak.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1965-02-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.92
  momentum:             2.65017667844523
  historical:           21.50533066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sverakjan"
    handle:    "sverakjan"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0841232/"
    handle:    "nm0841232"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.sverak.cz"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Svěrák"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump