Jan Nemec
A leading filmmaker of the Czech new wave who made literary-inspired shorts before crafting his first feature, "Diamonds of the Night" (1964), Nemec is known for his intense psychological studies of familial and/or political oppression. His themes are perhaps best represented by "A Report on the Party and the Guests" (1966). Long a critic of the totalitarian Communist state, Nemec celebrated the short-lived Dubcek regime--and documented the Soviet invasion which crushed it--in "Oratorio for Prague" (1968). His career was stifled during the post-invasion years and, in 1974, he was permitted to emigrate to France where he directed one feature, "Le Decolete dans le dos" (1975). He later moved to the US but has been largely inactive except for a brief stint as a consultant to Philip Kaufman on "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (1988).
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Codename Holec | Writer | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Toyen |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night Talks With Mother |
Director, Screenwriter, Original Music, Cinematographer |
- | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Codename: Wildgeese | Original Music | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killing the Devil | Unknown (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oratorio for Prague | Director | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mother and Son | Director | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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The Party and the Guests |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
|
Pearls of the Deep |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1965 |
92% |
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Diamonds of the Night | Director | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Loaf of Bread |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1960 |