Jan Němec
Directing1936Prague, Czechoslovakia
Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."
Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."
2026A Loaf of BreadMovieDirector · Screenplay
2026FAMU 80 – Best ofMovieDirector2025Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic CutMovieWriter
2023Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of HistoryMovieas Self
2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard StreetMovieas Self · Writer · Director
2016Deckname HolecMovieStory
2014Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“Movieas self
2010Heart Beat 3DMovieDirector · Writer
2009The Ferrari Dino GirlMovieDirector · Writer2005ToyenMovieas Commentary (voice) · Director · Producer · Screenplay
2005Searching for EsterMovieas Himself
2003Late Night Talks with MotherMovieas Jan Němec · Director · Writer · Music · Producer · Director of Photography
2000Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)Movie
1993GENTV showDirector · Writer · 1 episodes
1991Corpus delictiMovie
1991Flames of Royal LoveMovieas (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay
1988'68Movieas Dezsö Horváth
1988The Unbearable Lightness of BeingMovieas Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
1975MetamorphosisMovieDirector · Writer
1970Killing the DevilMovieas (uncreditted) · Screenplay
1969Proudy lásku odnesouMovieStory · Director · Screenplay
1968Oratorio for PragueMovieas Self · Director
1968Necklace of MelancholyMovieDirector · Screenplay1968Seven Days to RememberMovieCinematography
1967Martyrs of LoveMovieScreenplay · Story · Director
1966The Party and the GuestsMovieScreenplay · Director
1966Pearls of the DeepMovieDirector · Screenplay
1964Diamonds of the NightMovieScreenplay · Director1963A Memory for the PresentMovieWriter · Director
1961OseníMovieAssistant Director1958PovodeňMovieAssistant Director
—Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan NemecMovieDirector