Vojtěch Jasný
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-11-30 (94 years old)
Deathday
2019-11-15
Place of Birth
Kelc, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Also known As
Войтех Ясный
Vojtěch Jasný
Biography
Vojtěch Jasný (born 30 November 1925 – 15 November 2019) was a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat (1963). He was born in Kelč in Moravia. An active filmmaker in Czechoslovakia throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he was among many artists and intellectuals who left the country after the USSR-led invasion following the Prague Spring of 1968. Jasný worked in other European countries for several years including Austria, West Germany and Yugoslavia until relocating to Brooklyn, New York in the early 1980s. Jasný taught film directing classes at Columbia Unive...
Acting
2005
as Himself
2018
1950
as Man with a Gramophone (uncredited)
Production
1950
as Director of Photography
1950
as Screenplay
1951
as Screenplay
1951
as Director
1951
as Idea
1978
as Director
1963
as Screenplay
1953
as Director
1953
as Camera Operator
1953
as Screenplay
1969
as Screenplay
1969
as Director
1954
as Camera Operator
1954
as Director
1963
as Director
1985
as Writer
1956
as Screenplay
1956
as Director
1949
as Director of Photography
1949
as Idea
1949
as Director
1949
as Screenplay
1978
as Writer
1991
as Screenplay
1999
as Director
1999
as Screenplay
1999
as Story
1968
as Story
1976
as Director
1976
as Screenplay
1966
as Director
1958
as Director
1969
as Story
1952
as Director
1952
as Screenplay
1952
as Director of Photography
1952
as Idea
1960
as Director
1958
as Story
1963
as Screenstory
1974
as Director
1954
as Camera Operator
1954
as Director
1957
as Director
1970
as Director
1983
as Director
1971
as Story
1991
as Director
1978
as Director
1970
as Director
1972
as Director
1972
as Adaptation
1987
as Director
1982
as Director
1979
as Director
1972
as Director
1976
as Director
1975
1955
as Director
1966
as Screenplay
2001
as Director
1965
as Director
1958
as Screenplay
1957
as Screenplay
1980
as Director
1984
as Director
1984
1982
as Director
2001
as Screenplay
1971
as Screenplay
1970
as Story
1970
as Screenplay
1950
as Director
1950
as Editor
1957
as Story
1976
as Writer
1974
as Writer
1961
as Director
1999
as Director
1999
as Writer
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