Directing
Jan Němec
- Born
- 1936-07-12
- Died
- 2016-03-18
- Birthplace
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
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
Filmography
46 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
A Loaf of Bread
2026 · Movie
Director · Screenplay
FAMU 80 – Best of
2026 · Movie
Director
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut
2025 · Movie
Writer
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
2023 · Movie
Self
Deckname Holec
2016 · Movie
Story
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
2016 · Movie
Self · Director · Writer
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
2014 · Movie
self
Heart Beat 3D
2010 · Movie
Director · Writer
Golden Sixties
2009 · TV Show
Self
The Ferrari Dino Girl
2009 · Movie
Cast · Director · Writer
Heart Above the Castle
2008 · Movie
Director · Screenplay · Camera Operator · Story
Hranice
2006 · Movie
Cast
Searching for Ester
2005 · Movie
Himself
Toyen
2005 · Movie
Commentary (voice) · Director · Screenplay · Producer
Landscape of my Heart
2004 · Movie
Director · Screenplay · Director of Photography · Original Music Composer
Late Night Talks with Mother
2003 · Movie
Jan Němec · Director · Writer · Music · Producer · Director of Photography
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
2000 · Movie
Cast
Code Name: Ruby
1996 · Movie
Director · Producer · Screenplay · Story · Still Photographer · Additional Photography
GENUS
1995 · TV Show
Director · Writer
GEN
1993 · TV Show
Director · Writer
Corpus delicti
1991 · Movie
Cast
Flames of Royal Love
1991 · Movie
(uncredited) · Director · Screenplay
The Strahov Demonstration
1990 · Movie
Director
'68
1988 · Movie
Dezsö Horváth
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988 · Movie
Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
Horí
1982 · Movie
Cast
Das Rückendekolleté
1975 · Movie
Director · Writer
Metamorphosis
1975 · Movie
Director · Writer
Killing the Devil
1970 · Movie
(uncreditted) · Screenplay
Proudy lásku odnesou
1969 · Movie
Story · Screenplay · Director
Čas slunce a růží
1968 · Movie
Director
Necklace of Melancholy
1968 · Movie
Cast · Screenplay · Director
Oratorio for Prague
1968 · Movie
Self · Director
Seven Days to Remember
1968 · Movie
Cinematography
Martyrs of Love
1967 · Movie
Story · Screenplay · Director
An Occasion to Speak
1966 · Movie
Self
Pearls of the Deep
1966 · Movie
Director · Screenplay
The Party and the Guests
1966 · Movie
Director · Screenplay
Diamonds of the Night
1964 · Movie
Screenplay · Director
A Memory for the Present
1963 · Movie
Writer · Director
Červnové dny
1961 · Movie
First Assistant Director
Osení
1961 · Movie
Assistant Director
The Day the Tree Blooms
1961 · Movie
Assistant Director
No Entrance
1960 · Movie
(segment "In Pursuit")
Povodeň
1958 · Movie
Assistant Director
Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec
Date unknown · Movie
Director