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Jan Sverák

Highest Rated: 100% Empties (2007)

Lowest Rated: 62% Dark Blue World (2001)

Birthday: Feb 6, 1965

Birthplace: Zatec, Czechoslovakia

Arguably the leading Czech filmmaker of his generation, Jan Sverak saw his first feature film, "Elementary School" (1991), earn an Academy Award nomination as Best Foreign-Language Film, a feat he duplicated with his fourth, "Kolya" (1996).

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Highest rated movies

100% 82% Empties
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96% 92% Kolya
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62% 83% Dark Blue World
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Barefoot
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56% Little Girl Blue
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80% Kooky
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82% Accumulator 1
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93% The Elementary School
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Jan Sverák

DARK BLUE WORLD, (aka TMAVOMODRY SVET), from left: Tara Fitzgerald, Ondrej Vetchy, director Jan Sverak, on set, 2001. ©Sony Pictures Classics KOLYA, director Jan Sverak (left), on set, 1996. ©Miramax DARK BLUE WORLD, (aka TMAVOMODRY SVET), from left: director Jan Sverak, Charles Dance, on set, 2001. ©Sony Pictures Classics View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barefoot Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 2017
No Score Yet 80% Kooky Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 2010
No Score Yet 56% Little Girl Blue Producer - 2007
100% 82% Empties Director,
Producer 		- 2007
62% 83% Dark Blue World Director,
Producer 		$258.2K 2001
96% 92% Kolya Director,
Producer 		$5.8M 1996
No Score Yet 82% Accumulator 1 Director - 1994
No Score Yet 93% The Elementary School Director - 1991