
Known for
Directing
Born
October 7, 1923
Birthplace
Susice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Died
October 12, 2012 (aged 89)
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 collaboration with the National Film Board. His Canadian wo...
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Director
2016
Director, Story, Screenplay
2016
Director
2016
Story
2015
Director
2011
Director, Editor, Screenplay
2008
2006
Director, Writer
2006
Director, Screenplay
2003
Director
2000
Director
1997
Animation Director
1996
Director
1995
1995
Director
1994
Script
1994
Director, Animation
1991
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
1988
Animation
1987
1987
Director, Story, Screenplay
1986
Director
1981
Director
1981
Director
1979
Director