Vojtěch Jasný
Czech photographer and director (1925-2019) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 93
Vojtěch Jasný was a Czech director, screenwriter and professor who has written and directed over 50 films. Jasný made feature and documentary films in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria, USA & Canada, and was a notable figure in the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s.
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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří MenzelFilm2013KVIFF President´s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Czech CinemaAward2009Golden SixtiesSeries2007Artis Bohemiae Amicis MedalAwardCzech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech FilmAward2004Annual award ACFKAward2002
Broken SilenceSeries, Director1999
GladysFilm, Director, Writer1987
The Great Land of SmallFilm, Director1984Der blinde RichterSeries, Director1983
Es gibt noch HaselnußsträucherFilm, Director1980
The Woman from SarajevoFilm, Director1975Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander MärzFilm, Director1971
Dogs and PeopleFilm, Writer1969Cannes Best Director AwardAward
All My Good CountrymenFilm, 1969Director, Writer1968Merited Artist of CzechoslovakiaAward1965
Magnetické vlny léčíFilm, Director1963Jury PrizeAward1960
I Survived Certain DeathFilm, Director1957September NightsFilm, Director, Writer1954Stará čínská operaFilm, Director1952Neobyčejná létaFilm, Director, Writer1949Věděli si radyFilm, Director, Writer1925Born30 November 1925People around Vojtěch
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Vlastimil Brodský Vojtěch directed The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Vladimír Menšík Vojtěch directed The Cassandra Cat and The Pipes
Jiří Sovák Vojtěch directed The Cassandra Cat and The Pipes
Rock Demers Produced The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)
Karel Effa Vojtěch directed The Cassandra Cat and The Pipes
Jana Brejchová Vojtěch directed The Pipes and Desire
Jiřina Bohdalová Vojtěch directed The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Zdeněk Řehoř Vojtěch directed The Pipes and September Nights
Jan Werich Vojtěch directed The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Emília Vášáryová Vojtěch directed The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Stella Zázvorková Vojtěch directed The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Waldemar Matuška Vojtěch directed The Pipes (1966)
Vladimír Brabec Vojtěch directed September Nights and Desire
Radoslav Brzobohatý Vojtěch directed All My Compatriots (1969)
Josef Hlinomaz Vojtěch directed The Pipes (1966)
Oldřich Velen Vojtěch directed The Pipes (1966)
Martin Růžek Vojtěch directed All My Compatriots (1969)
Věra Galatíková Vojtěch directed All My Compatriots (1969)
Věra Tichánková Vojtěch directed Desire (1958)
Dietmar Mues Vojtěch directed Wir (1982)
Helena Růžičková Vojtěch directed All My Compatriots (1969)
Jan Kačer Vojtěch directed The Pipes (1966)
Ladislav Fialka Vojtěch directed The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Vladimír Pucholt Vojtěch directed Return to Paradise Lost (1999)
Filmography 40
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Television 3
Media & music
Photos 1
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About this person
He is best remembered for his movies The Cassandra Cat and All My Compatriots, both of which won prizes at Cannes Film Festival. In addition to his film career, he taught directing at film schools in Salzburg, Vienna, Munich and New York.
