Jan Svěrák
Czech film director · Czechia · On the map · Directors · Born 1965 · age 61
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.
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FAMU 80 - Best ofFilm, Director2022
Bethlehem LightFilm, Director, Writer2021KVIFF President´s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Czech CinemaAward2017Annual award ACFKAward
BarefootFilm, 2017Director, Writer2014
Three BrothersFilm, Director, Producer2008
Guard No. 47Film2007Czech Lion for Best DirectorAward
EmptiesFilm, 2007Director, Producer2005
From Subway with LoveFilm, číšník2001Czech Lion for Best DirectorAward
Dark Blue WorldFilm, 2001Director, Producer1997
An Ambiguous Report About the End of the WorldFilm1996Czech Lion for Best DirectorAward
KolyaFilm, 1996Director, Producer1994
Accumulator 1Film, Director, Writer1991
The Elementary SchoolFilm, Director1988
An Uncertain SeasonFilm1986Vesmírná Odysea IIFilm, Director, Writer1965Born6 February 1965
FAMU 80 - Best ofFilm, Director2022Bethlehem LightFilm, Director, Writer2021KVIFF President´s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Czech CinemaAward2017Annual award ACFKAwardBarefootFilm, 2017Director, Writer2014Three BrothersFilm, Director, Producer2008Guard No. 47Film2007Czech Lion for Best DirectorAwardEmptiesFilm, 2007Director, Producer2005From Subway with LoveFilm, číšník2001Czech Lion for Best DirectorAwardDark Blue WorldFilm, 2001Director, Producer1997An Ambiguous Report About the End of the WorldFilm1996Czech Lion for Best DirectorAwardKolyaFilm, 1996Director, Producer1994Accumulator 1Film, Director, Writer1991The Elementary SchoolFilm, Director1988An Uncertain SeasonFilm1986Vesmírná Odysea IIFilm, Director, Writer1965Born6 February 1965People around Jan
Ladislav Smoljak Jan produced Kolya and Empties
Daniela Kolářová Jan directed The Elementary School and Empties
Miroslav Táborský Jan produced Kolya, Dark Blue World and Empties
Ondřej Vetchý Jan produced Dark Blue World, Empties and Kooky
Oldřich Kaiser Jan produced Dark Blue World and Kooky
Filip Renč Directed From Subway with Love and The Rebels
Jiří Lábus Jan produced Dark Blue World and Kooky
Bolek Polívka Jan directed The Elementary School (1991)
Jiří Macháček Jan produced Empties and Kooky
Jan Budař Jan directed Empties and Bethlehem Night
Pavel Vondruška Jan produced Kolya and Empties
Jan Tříska Jan directed The Elementary School (1991)
Iva Bittová Jan produced Little Girl Blue and Three Brothers
Jitka Čvančarová Jan directed Three Brothers (2014)
Tereza Ramba Jan directed Bethlehem Night (2022)
Jiří Menzel Jan directed The Elementary School (1991)
Libuše Šafránková Jan directed Kolya and The Elementary School
Pavel Landovský Jan directed Empties (2007)
Rudolf Hrušínský Jan directed The Elementary School (1991)
Pavel Liška Jan directed Kooky and Three Brothers
Jiří Schmitzer Jan produced Empties (2007)
Miroslav Krobot Jan produced Little Girl Blue (2007)
Petra Špalková Jan produced Kolya and Barefoot
Rudolf Hrušínský Jr. Jan directed The Elementary School (1991)
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Kolya 1996
The Elementary School 1991
Empties 2007
Dark Blue World 2001
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Czechia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
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Born 1965 · age 61
