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Jan Němec

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Born: July 12, 1936
Died: March 18, 2016
From: Prague, Czechoslovakia

Also known as

Jan Němec Film

Biography

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."

Known for

Diamonds of the Night

The Party and the Guests

Pearls of the Deep

Oratorio for Prague

Martyrs of Love

Metamorphosis

Flames of Royal Love

Code Name: Ruby

Filmography

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2026

A Loaf of Bread

Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay)

FAMU 80 – Best of

Directing (Director)

2025

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut

Writing (Writer)

2023

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History

Acting (Self)

2016

The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street

Acting (Self) Writing (Writer) Directing (Director)

Deckname Holec

Writing (Story)

2014

Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“

Acting (self)

2010

Heart Beat 3D

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

2009

The Ferrari Dino Girl

Acting Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

Golden Sixties

Acting (Self) 1 EP

2008

Heart Above the Castle

Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay) Camera (Camera Operator) Writing (Story)

2006

2005

Acting (Commentary (voice)) Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Screenplay)

Searching for Ester

Acting (Himself)

2004

Landscape of my Heart

Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay) Camera (Director of Photography) Sound (Original Music Composer)

2003

Late Night Talks with Mother

Acting (Jan Němec) Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Sound (Music) Production (Producer) Camera (Director of Photography)

2000

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

1996

Code Name: Ruby

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Screenplay) Writing (Story) Camera (Still Photographer) Camera (Additional Photography)

1995

Directing (Director) 1 EPWriting (Writer) 1 EP

1993

GEN

Directing (Director) 1 EPWriting (Writer) 1 EP

1991

Corpus delicti

Flames of Royal Love

Acting (uncredited) Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay)

1990

The Strahov Demonstration

Directing (Director)

1988

'68

Acting (Dezsö Horváth)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Acting (Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague)

1982

1975

Metamorphosis

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

Das Rückendekolleté

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

1970

Killing the Devil

Acting (uncreditted) Writing (Screenplay)

1969

Proudy lásku odnesou

Writing (Story) Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay)

1968

Čas slunce a růží

Directing (Director)

Oratorio for Prague

Acting (Self) Directing (Director)