
Known for
Writing
Born
December 24, 1917
Died
June 2, 1982 (aged 64)
Jiří Brdečka (24 December 1917 – 2 June 1982) was a Czech writer, artist, and film director.
Brdečka was born in Hranice (then in Austria-Hungary) to a literary family, as his father, Otakar Brdečka (1881 – 1930), was a writer under the pseudonym Alfa. Brdečka studied philosophy and aesthetics at Charles University in Prague until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia forced the closing of the school in 1939. He then became an administrative clerk at the Prague Municipal Museum and found occasional work as a newspaper journalist and cartoonist.
He worked as a press agent for the studio Lucernafilm from summer 1941 to the end of 1942. In 1943 Brdečka took a job as an animator, and by 1949...
2017
as Himself (archive footage)
1984
1984
Story
1982
Writer
1981
Story, Screenplay, Lyricist
1981
Writer, Director
1981
Director, Writer
1980
Director, Writer
1980
Director, Writer
1979
Screenplay, Story
1978
Screenplay, Story, Graphic Designer
1978
Writer, Director
1976
Director, Writer
1975
Writer, Director, Art Designer
1975
Director, Writer
1974
Director, Writer
1974
Screenplay, Director
1973
Director, Writer
1973
Screenplay, Director
1972
Dramaturgy
1972
Dramaturgy
1971
Director, Writer
1970
Writer, Director
1969
Story, Director, Screenplay
1969
Director, Writer