- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 30, 1925
- Place of Birth
- Kelc, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- Died
- November 15, 2019
Vojtěch Jasný
Vojtěch Jasný (born 30 November 1925 – 15 November 2019) was a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat (1963). He was born in Kelč in Moravia. An active filmmaker in Czechoslovakia throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he was among many artists and intellectuals who left the country after the USSR-led invasion following the Prague Spring of 1968. Jasný worked in other European countries for several years including Austria, West Germany and Yugoslavia until relocating to Brooklyn, New York in the early 1980s. Jasný taught film directing classes at Columbia University for several years (where his compatriot Miloš Forman was also a professor and former Film Division Co-Chair) and continues to teach at The School of Visual Arts (SVA) and The New York Film Academy (NYFA). Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat is …
Filmography
movieCzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018 · Self
Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny
movieLife and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny
2009 · Self
Golden Sixties
tvGolden Sixties
2009 · Self
movieSearching for Ester
2005 · Himself
tvBroken Silence
2002 · Director
Hell on Earth
movieHell on Earth
2001 · Director, Screenplay
movieReturn to Paradise Lost
1999 · Director, Screenplay
movieGladys
1999 · Director, Writer
Soloist
movieSoloist
1994 · Thanks
movieWhy Havel?
1991 · Screenplay, Director
movieA Boy And His Car
1990 · Thanks
movieThe Lunch Date
1989 · Thanks
movieThe Great Land of Small
1987 · Director
movieThe Peanut Butter Solution
1985 · Writer
Der blinde Richter
tvDer blinde Richter
1984 · Director
Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen
movieBis später - ich muss mich erschiessen
1984 · Director, Writer
movieEs gibt noch Haselnußsträucher
1983 · Director
movieWe
1982 · Director
movieAm Strand
1982 · Director
movieThe Woman from Sarajevo
1980 · Director
Die Stühle des Herrn Szmil
movieDie Stühle des Herrn Szmil
1979 · Director
movieDie Rückkehr des alten Herrn
1978 · Writer, Director
movieImpressions of Herbert von Karajan
1978 · Director, Writer
movieThe Clown
1976 · Director, Screenplay
movieAttempted Flight
1976 · Director, Writer
Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März
movieDas Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März
1975 · Director
movieDer Kulterer
1974 · Director, Writer
movieDer Leuchtturm
1972 · Director, Adaptation
Nasrin oder Die Kunst zu träumen
movieNasrin oder Die Kunst zu träumen
1972 · Director
movieDogs and People
1971 · Story, Screenplay
movieNicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit
1970 · Director
movieCzech Rhapsody
1970 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieAll My Good Countrymen
1969 · Screenplay, Director, Story
movieJarní vody
1968 · Story
movieThe Pipes
1966 · Director, Screenplay
movieMagnetické vlny léčí
1965 · Director
movieWhen the Cat Comes
1963 · Screenplay, Director, Screenstory
movieThe Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin
1961 · Director
movieI Survived Certain Death
1960 · Director
movieDesire
1958 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieVáhavý střelec
1957 · Story
September Nights
movieSeptember Nights
1957 · Director, Screenplay
Opportunity
movieOpportunity
1956 · Screenplay, Director
Everything Ends Tonight
movieEverything Ends Tonight
1955 · Director
Stará čínská opera
movieStará čínská opera
1954 · Camera Operator, Director
Z čínského zápisníku
movieZ čínského zápisníku
1954 · Camera Operator, Director
Lidé jednoho srdce
movieLidé jednoho srdce
1953 · Director, Camera Operator, Screenplay
Neobyčejná léta
movieNeobyčejná léta
1952 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Story
Za život radostný
movieZa život radostný
1951 · Screenplay, Director, Story
movieIt’s Not Always Cloudy
1950 · Man with a Gramophone (uncredited), Director of Photography, Screenplay, Editor
Věděli si rady
movieVěděli si rady
1949 · Director of Photography, Screenplay, Story
Milos Forman: Portrait
movieMilos Forman: Portrait
— · Director