Zdeněk Miler

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-02-21 (90 years old)

Deathday

2011-11-30

Place of Birth

Kladno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Zdeněk Miler

Biography

Zdeněk Miler (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲɛk ˈmɪlɛr]; 21 February 1921 – 30 November 2011) was a Czech animator and illustrator best known for his Mole (Krtek or Krteček in original) character and its adventures. Miler was born in Kladno just west of Prague, the capital of what was then Czechoslovakia. He became an animator partly because of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. He took part in the demonstrations held consequent to the death of Jan Opletal, which led to the closing of universities and colleges. He escaped being sent to a concentration camp and instead wound up working as an animator. Miler enjoyed painting as a child. His h...

Acting

Production

1954

1954

1953

1952

1952

1947

Vodník ve mlýně

as Animation

1949

Lenora

as Art Designer

1950

Brigáda II.

as Art Designer

1975

1959

Moon Fairy Tale

as Director

1988

1959

Moon Fairy Tale

as Screenplay

1959

Moon Fairy Tale

as Art Direction

1984

Mole in a Dream

as Director

1994

1982

1987

1969

1992

2011

2011

2011

Here Comes the Mole

as Art Direction

1970

1960

Darbujan and Pandrhola

as Title Designer

1979

1979

Cvrček a slepice

as Screenplay

1979

Cvrček a slepice

as Art Direction

2013

About the Puppy

as Director

1955

Kubula a Kuba Kubikula

as Art Direction

1969

1975

1975

1968

Sametka

as Writer

1968

Sametka

as Director

1968

Sametka

as Art Designer

1974

1974

The Mole as a Chemist

as Graphic Designer

1974

1957

Kalamajka

as Art Designer

1946

1950

Brigáda II.

as Director

1950

Brigáda II.

as Screenplay

1950

Brigáda II.

as Story

1963

The Mole and the Car

as Art Direction

1963

1963

1956

Liška a vlk

as Art Designer

1982

The Mole in the City

as Art Direction

1982

1982

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