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Jan Svěrák

Film Director / Product Manager / Actor / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 02/06/1965 (59) | Žatec (Czech Republic)
Jan Svěrák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈsvjɛraːk]) (born 6 February 1965 in Žatec) is a Czech film director. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák. He studied documentary filmmaking at the FAMU. He and his films have received awards including the Academy Award, Crystal Globe, Golden Globe Award, and Tokyo Grand Prix. He lives in Prague. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, ...

Dark Blue World

Certification unknown

2001 | 3.4/5 | 1h 52min
Action, Drama, War
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In this movie, TV sets are full of life. If a person is in TV (e.g. because it was filmed on the street) it has a double that's right in the TV set. This double needs energy from the true character to ...

Accumulator 1

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1994 | 3.5/5 | 1h 42min
Comedy, Fantasy
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Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doin ...

Empties

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2007 | 3.6/5 | 1h 43min
Comedy
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After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken be ...

Kolya

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1996 | 3.7/5 | 1h 45min
Music, Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Jan Svěrák

Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival) Polish Academy Award for Best European Film BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language European Film Award for Best Film
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Movies with Jan Svěrák as Actor(4)

2008 Guard No. 47
as číšník2005 From Subway with Love
as himself2004 Daddy
2001 Rebels

Movies with Jan Svěrák as Crew(24)

Directing/Director2022 Bethlehem Light
Writing/Screenplay2022 Bethlehem Light
Directing/Director2017 Barefoot
Writing/Writer2017 Barefoot
Directing/Director2014 Three Brothers
Production/Producer2014 Three Brothers
Directing/Director2010 Kooky
Production/Producer2010 Kooky
Writing/Screenplay2010 Kooky
Directing/Director2007 Empties
Production/Producer2007 Empties
Directing/Director2004 Daddy
Writing/Scenario Writer2004 Daddy
Directing/Director2001 Dark Blue World
Production/Producer2001 Dark Blue World
Directing/Director1996 Kolya
Production/Producer1996 Kolya
Directing/Director1994 The Ride
Writing/Writer1994 The Ride
Directing/Director1994 Accumulator 1
Writing/Writer1994 Accumulator 1
Directing/Director1991 The Elementary School
Directing/Director1988 Oil Gobblers
Writing/Writer1988 Oil Gobblers

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.sverak.cz
Full Name: Jan Svěrák
Citizenship: Czech Republic
Born: Saturday, 02/06 1965 (February) in Žatec (Czech Republic) (current age: 59 years + 80 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: Czech (CS)
Educated at: Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Academy of Performing Arts
Member of: Czech Film and Television Academy
Children: František Svěrák
Siblings: Hana Jelínková
Mother: Božena Svěráková
Other names for Jan Svěrák (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jan Sverák"
Jan Svěrák frequently works together with these people:
Zdeněk Svěrák (19x, Crew)
Filip Renč (8x, Actor)
Ondřej Vetchý (7x, Actor)
Vladimír Smutný (7x, Crew)
Miroslav Táborský (6x, Actor)
Alois Fišárek (6x, Crew)
David Rauch (5x, Crew)
Jan Vlasák (5x, Crew)
Miloš Kohout (4x, Crew)
Oldřich Kaiser (4x, Actor)
Daniela Kolářová (4x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:72977, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024