Jiří Weiss
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-03-29 (91 years old)
Deathday
2004-04-09
Place of Birth
Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Also known As
Иржи Вайс
Jiří Weiss
Biography
Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue. Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. His father was a Czech patriot and named his son after Czech king Jiří of Poděbrady.His parents were Emil Weiss (1880–1942) and Martha Weissová (née Fuchsová; 1882–1944). Emil Weiss owned a liqueur factory in Libeň district. Since his youth, Jiří was an staunch communist, which was at the heart of disputes with his capitalist parents. As a young boy he was friends with Franz Kafka's niece Marianne Pollaková and thanks to her he was able to read the books of then-unknown...
Acting
1938
as Self
1959
as Concert attendant
Production
1949
as Creative Producer
1947
as Screenplay
1948
as Creative Producer
1949
as Creative Producer
1948
as Creative Producer
1948
as Creative Producer
1950
as Creative Producer
1950
as Director
1951
as Creative Producer
1951
as Creative Producer
1962
as Story
1962
as Screenplay
1963
as Story
1963
as Director
1963
as Screenplay
1955
as Screenplay
1945
as Director
1945
as Screenplay
1945
as Editor
1965
as Screenplay
1955
as Screenplay
1949
as Director
1949
as Screenplay
1949
as Director
1949
as Screenplay
1956
as Director
1967
as Story
1967
as Screenplay
1956
as Screenplay
1968
as Screenplay
1951
as Director
1951
as Screenplay
1958
as Story
1958
as Screenstory
1967
as Director
1940
as Director
1968
as Director
1947
as Director
1960
as Director
1958
as Director
1965
as Director
1965
as Story
1990
as Director
1990
as Screenplay
1970
as Director
1969
as Director
1963
as Director
1963
as Screenplay
1962
as Director
1937
as Director
1970
as Director
1955
as Director
1960
as Screenplay
1939
as Director
1955
as Director
1944
as Director
1942
as Editor
1942
as Director
1959
as Director
1959
as Screenplay
1957
as Screenplay
1970
as Writer
1936
as Director
1936
as Screenplay
1942
as Director
1948
as Director
1948
as Screenplay
1951
as Director
1938
as Director
1938
as Screenplay
1938
as Dialogue
1951
as Screenstory
1934
as Assistant Director Trainee
1934
as Camera Trainee
1947
as Creative Producer
1940
as Director
1935
as Director
1946
as Story
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