Břetislav Pojar
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-10-07 (89 years old)
Deathday
2012-10-12
Place of Birth
Susice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Also known As
Bretislav Pojar
Бржетислав Пояр
Břetislav Pojar
Biography
Břetislav Pojar (7 October 1923 – 12 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator, and director of short and feature films. Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on The Story of the Bass Cello (1949) based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka. Pojar served as a puppeteer under his mentor Trnka. Pojar compiled an extensive body of work as a director and animator in Czechoslovakia, where he made films in both puppet animation to the more common stop motion animation. In the mid-1960s, Pojar emigrated to Canada, where he began a long collabora...
Acting
1959
as Self
2008
Production
1962
as Director
1987
as Director
1962
as Story
1987
as Screenplay
1987
as Story
2016
as Director
1964
as Art Designer
1981
as Director
1974
as Director
1961
as Director
1947
as Animation
1955
1956
1957
as Director
1954
1968
as Director
1961
as Director
1954
as Director
1981
as Director
1951
as Director
1951
as Screenplay
1986
as Director
1952
as Director
1952
as Idea
1952
as Screenplay
1963
as Director
1969
as Director
1973
as Director
1991
as Director
1996
as Director
1994
as Script
1951
as Director
1964
as Director
1959
as Director
2011
as Director
2006
as Director
2003
as Director
1977
as Screenplay
1976
as Screenplay
1976
as Director
1977
as Director
1964
as Screenplay
1964
as Art Direction
1964
as Story
1959
as Screenplay
1966
1969
as Writer
1969
as Director
1994
as Director
1995
as Director
1960
as Director
1979
as Director
-
as Director
2015
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Writer
1967
1974
as Director
-
as Director
-
as Writer
2011
as Screenplay
2011
as Editor
1955
as Screenplay
1955
as Director
1961
as Director
2016
as Director
2016
as Idea
1959
as Animation
1968
1949
as Animation
1960
as Screenplay
1956
as Story
1956
as Screenplay
1956
as Director
1956
as Animation
1953
as Animation
1947
as Animation
1947
as Animation
1959
as Story
1967
1966
1967
1967
as Director
1971
as Director
1961
as Screenplay
1971
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1968
as Screenplay
1966
as Screenplay
1966
as Screenplay
1967
as Screenplay
1967
as Screenplay
1972
as Director
1972
as Screenplay
1972
as Director
1974
as Screenplay
1972
as Screenplay
1971
as Director
1971
as Screenplay
1949
as Animation
1951
as Animation
1959
as Director
1959
as Story
1959
as Screenplay
1949
as Animation
1955
as Animation
1949
as Animation
1954
as Screenplay
1957
as Story
1957
as Screenplay
1951
as Screenplay
1957
as Animation
1951
as Story
1994
as Animation
1991
as Screenplay
1991
as Art Direction
2016
as Story
2016
as Screenplay
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