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Juraj Herz

Slovak actor, director and scriptwriter (1934-2018) · Czechia · On the map · Directors · Died at 83

Juraj Herz was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy The Cremator, often cited as one of the best Czechoslovak films of all time, though many of his other films achieved cult status.

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A life in dates

2018Died8 April 2018CzechMate: In Search of Jiří MenzelFilm, 20182017Grand Officer of the Order of the White Double CrossAward2010HabermannFilm, Director2009Golden SixtiesSeries2004Annual award ACFKAwardČerní baroniSeries, 2004Director2001Černí anděléSeries, Director1997PassageFilm, Director, Writer1991MaigretSeries, DirectorThe Frog PrinceFilm, 1991Director1988GagmanSeries, Director, Writer1986Caught by NightFilm, Director, Writer1982Ferat VampireFilm, Director, Writer1980Fragile RelationshipsFilm, Director, Writer1979Sitges Film Festival Best Director awardAwardBavarian Film AwardsSeries1977A Nice Plate of SpinachFilm, vedoucí kosmetického salónu Netušil1975Girls from a Porcelain FactoryFilm, Director1972Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film awardAward1971Fantom operetySeriesOil LampsFilm, 1971Director, Writer1969The CrematorFilm, Director, Writer1967Sign of the CancerFilm, Director, Writer1965If a Thousand ClarinetsFilm1963Transport from ParadiseFilm1934Born4 September 1934

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Known for

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  • The Cremator 1969
  • Beauty and the Beast 1979
  • Morgiana 1972
  • The Shop on Main Street 1965
  • Lemonade Joe 1964

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 40

100 credits on file

Television 9

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Grand Officer of the Order of the White Double Cross2017
Annual award ACFK2004
Sitges Film Festival Best Director award1979
Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award1972

About this person

He directed for both film and television, and in the latter capacity he directed episodes of a French-Czech television series based on George Simenon's Maigret novels.

Country
Czechia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 2018 · aged 83

In the same film or series as Juraj

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