Jaromír Kallista

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-12-18 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Jaromír Kallista

Biography

Jaromír Kallista was born on December 18, 1939 in Prague. As a production graduate of Prague Film Academy (1959-1964), he worked at Barrandov Studios until 1970, when he decided to operate outside the state system as an independent film-maker. In this period he worked on the production unit for a number of feature films by Evald Schorm and Antonín Máša, as well as several documentaries. From 1973 to 1988 he was head of production at the Laterna Magica. Since 1989 he has taught at FAMU (Prague Film Academy). In 1983, together with Jan Švankmajer, he formed an independent film production company that, in 1992, became a legal entity with the cre...

Acting

Production

1962

Ceiling

as Production Manager

1965

Long Live the Republic

as Assistant Production Manager

1968

Klec pro dva

as Unit Production Manager

1968

„Rakev ve snu viděti...“

as Unit Production Manager

1969

The End of a Priest

as Unit Production Manager

1969

Prague Nights

as Unit Production Manager

2005

Lunacy

as Producer

1970

Julián odpadlík

as Unit Production Manager

1973

Rodeo

as Assistant Director

1973

The Legend of the Silver Fir

as Assistant Director

1962

The Week Starts on Friday

as Production Manager

2018

Insect

as Producer

1988

1996

Food

as Production Manager

1989

Meat Love

as Producer

1996

Food

as Producer

1989

Flora

as Producer

1988

Alice

as Production Manager

1970

Murdering the Devil

as Production Manager

1969

Confusion

as Camera Operator

1969

Confusion

as Producer

2001

Little Otik

as Producer

2020

2004

Jan 69

as Director

1967

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