- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- December 24, 1917
- Place of Birth
- —
- Died
- June 2, 1982
Jiří Brdečka
Jiří Brdečka (24 December 1917 – 2 June 1982) was a Czech writer, artist, and film director. Brdečka was born in Hranice (then in Austria-Hungary) to a literary family, as his father, Otakar Brdečka (1881 – 1930), was a writer under the pseudonym Alfa. Brdečka studied philosophy and aesthetics at Charles University in Prague until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia forced the closing of the school in 1939. He then became an administrative clerk at the Prague Municipal Museum and found occasional work as a newspaper journalist and cartoonist. He worked as a press agent for the studio Lucernafilm from summer 1941 to the end of 1942. In 1943 Brdečka took a job as an animator, and by 1949 he was working as a film director and screenwriter at Barrandov Studios. He began directing animated films on his own in 1958. In addition to his film work he also worked as a journalist, a film crit…
Filmography
movieUniversum Brdečka
2017 · Himself (archive footage)
movieThe Very Late Afternoon of a Faun
1984 · Book
movieThe Three Veterans
1984 · Story
movieDas Feuer des Faust
1982 · Writer
movieThe Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
1981 · Story, Screenplay, Lyricist
An Unhappy Marriage
movieAn Unhappy Marriage
1981 · Director, Writer
The Outlaw's Wife
movieThe Outlaw's Wife
1981 · Director, Writer
Unrecognized
movieUnrecognized
1980 · Director, Writer
Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber
moviePrince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber
1980 · Director, Writer
moviePrince and the Evening Star
1979 · Story, Screenplay
movieAdela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978 · , Screenplay, Story, Graphic Designer
Love
movieLove
1978 · Director, Writer
The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze
movieThe Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze
1976 · Director, Writer
Closed Due to Illness
movieClosed Due to Illness
1975 · Director, Writer, Art Designer
What I Haven't Told the Prince
movieWhat I Haven't Told the Prince
1975 · Director, Writer
Accordion Song
movieAccordion Song
1974 · Director, Writer
The Miner's Rose
movieThe Miner's Rose
1974 · Director, Screenplay
The Unlucky One
movieThe Unlucky One
1973 · Director, Writer
The Face
movieThe Face
1973 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Stolen Battle
1972 · Dramaturgy
movieStraw Hat
1972 · Dramaturgy
movieThere Was a Miller on a River
1971 · Director, Writer
movieHow Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser
1970 · Director, Writer
moviePrague Nights
1969 · Story, Director, Screenplay
movieMetamorpheus
1969 · Director, Writer
Historie blechatého psa
movieHistorie blechatého psa
1969 · Short Story
movieRevenge
1968 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Power of Destiny
1968 · Director, Writer
Why Do You Smile, Mona Lisa?
movieWhy Do You Smile, Mona Lisa?
1966 · Director, Writer
movieForester’s Song
1966 · Director, Writer
movieJoy of Love
1966 · Screenplay, Story, Director
The Deserter
movieThe Deserter
1965 · Director, Writer
movieLemonade Joe
1964 · Screenplay, Novel, Costume Design, Theatre Play, Lyricist
movieMinstrel's Song
1964 · Director, Writer
How to Keep Slim
movieHow to Keep Slim
1963 · Director, Writer
movieWhen the Cat Comes
1963 · Screenplay
movieSpanilá jízda
1963
movieThe King of Kings
1963 · Dramaturgy
movieIncorrectly Drawn Hen
1963 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Fabulous Baron Munchausen
1962 · Screenplay
movieCeiling
1962
The Frozen Logger
movieThe Frozen Logger
1962 · Director, Writer
Reason and Emotion
movieReason and Emotion
1962 · Director, Writer
movieOur Little Red Riding Hood
1961 · Director, Writer
The Television Fan
movieThe Television Fan
1961 · Director, Writer
movieMan Under Water
1961 · Director, Writer
movieThat Kind of Love
1959 · Screenplay
movieMy Darling Clementine
1959 · Director, Writer
movieWarning!
1959 · Director, Writer
movieWhy UNESCO?
1959 · Screenplay
Bomb Mania
movieBomb Mania
1959 · Screenplay
movieThe Fabulous World of Jules Verne
1958 · Screenplay
movieWolf Trap
1958 · Screenplay
How Man Learned to Fly
movieHow Man Learned to Fly
1958 · Director, Writer
movieAn Easy Life
1957 · Screenplay
movieLost Children
1957 · Story, Screenplay
Roztržka
movieRoztržka
1957 · Lyricist
movieBaton Out of the Bag
1956 · Screenplay
The Lost Sentry
movieThe Lost Sentry
1956 · Writer
movieOnce Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955 · Story, Dialogue, Screenplay
movieSeverní přístav
1954 · Screenplay
Kavárna na hlavní třídě
movieKavárna na hlavní třídě
1954 · Lyricist, Screenplay
movieA Drop Too Much
1954 · Lyricist, Screenplay
movieOld Czech Legends
1953 · Story, Screenplay
O světle
movieO světle
1953 · Story, Screenplay
movieVelké dobrodružství
1952 · Screenplay
movieThe Emperor and the Golem
1951 · Story, Screenplay
Mouchy
movieMouchy
1951 · Screenplay
Kašlání a kýchání
movieKašlání a kýchání
1951 · Screenplay
Neviditelní nepřátelé
movieNeviditelní nepřátelé
1951 · Screenplay
Začalo to v době kamenné
movieZačalo to v době kamenné
1950 · Story
movieThe Emperor's Nightingale
1949 · Screenplay
Papírové nocturno
moviePapírové nocturno
1949 · Screenplay
movieSong of the Prairie
1949 · Story
Love and the Zeppelin
movieLove and the Zeppelin
1948 · Screenplay, Director
Andělský kabát
movieAndělský kabát
1948 · Screenplay
Šváb
movieŠváb
1948 · Screenplay
Parohy
movieParohy
1947 · Costume Design
The Gift
movieThe Gift
1947 · Story, Screenplay
movieThe Mischievous Bunny
1947 · Screenplay
movieSpringman and the SS
1946 · Screenplay, Director