Jan Němec

Known for

Directing

Born

July 12, 1936

Birthplace

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Died

March 18, 2016 (aged 79)

Biography

Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."

Best known work

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988

Diamonds of the Night

1964

The Party and the Guests

1966

Pearls of the Deep

1966

Killing the Devil

1970

Martyrs of Love

1967

Oratorio for Prague

1968

'68

1988

Flames of Royal Love

1991

Metamorphosis

1975

Filmography

TBA
Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec
Director
2026
FAMU 80 – Best of
Director
2025
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut
Writer
2023
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History
as Self
2016
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street
as Self, Writer, Director
2016
Deckname Holec
Story
2014
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“
as self
2010
Heart Beat 3D
Director, Writer
2009
The Ferrari Dino Girl
Director, Writer
2009
Golden SixtiesTV
as Self (1 episode)
2008
Heart Above the Castle
Director, Camera Operator, Screenplay, Story
2006
Hranice
2005
Toyen
as Commentary (voice), Director, Producer, Screenplay
2005
Searching for Ester
as Himself
2004
Landscape of my Heart
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
2003
Late Night Talks with Mother
as Jan Němec, Director, Music, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
2000
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
1996
Code Name: Ruby
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story, Still Photographer, Additional Photography
1995
GENUSTV
Director, Writer
1993
GENTV
Writer, Director
1991
Corpus delicti
1991
Flames of Royal Love
as (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
1990
The Strahov Demonstration
Director
1988
'68
as Dezsö Horváth
1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague