Directing
Jan Němec
Born 1936-07-12
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Department: Directing
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."
Known For
Prominent works featuring Jan Němec
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
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Diamonds of the Night
1964
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The Party and the Guests
1966
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Pearls of the Deep
1966
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Deckname Holec
2016
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Killing the Devil
1970
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Martyrs of Love
1967
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Oratorio for Prague
1968
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Flames of Royal Love
1991
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'68
1988
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (89 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | FAMU 80 – Best of | Director | Movie | 2026 |
 | Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut | Writer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History | Self | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street | Self | Movie | 2016 |
| The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street | Writer | Movie | 2016 |
| The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street | Director | Movie | 2016 |
 | Deckname Holec | Story | Movie | 2016 |
 | Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“ | self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Heart Beat 3D | Director | Movie | 2010 |
| Heart Beat 3D | Writer | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Ferrari Dino Girl | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2009 |
| The Ferrari Dino Girl | Director | Movie | 2009 |
| The Ferrari Dino Girl | Writer | Movie | 2009 |
| Golden Sixties | Self | TV Series | 2009 | |
| Heart Above the Castle | Director | Movie | 2008 | |
| Heart Above the Castle | Camera Operator | Movie | 2008 | |
| Heart Above the Castle | Screenplay | Movie | 2008 | |
| Heart Above the Castle | Story | Movie | 2008 | |
| Hranice | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 | |
 | Toyen | Commentary (voice) | Movie | 2005 |
| Toyen | Director | Movie | 2005 |
| Toyen | Producer | Movie | 2005 |
| Toyen | Screenplay | Movie | 2005 |
 | Searching for Ester | Himself | Movie | 2005 |
| Landscape of my Heart | Director | Movie | 2004 | |
| Landscape of my Heart | Screenplay | Movie | 2004 | |
| Landscape of my Heart | Director of Photography | Movie | 2004 | |
| Landscape of my Heart | Original Music Composer | Movie | 2004 | |
 | Late Night Talks with Mother | Jan Němec | Movie | 2003 |
| Late Night Talks with Mother | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| Late Night Talks with Mother | Music | Movie | 2003 |
| Late Night Talks with Mother | Writer | Movie | 2003 |
| Late Night Talks with Mother | Producer | Movie | 2003 |
| Late Night Talks with Mother | Director of Photography | Movie | 2003 |
| Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy) | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2000 | |
| Code Name: Ruby | Director | Movie | 1996 | |
| Code Name: Ruby | Producer | Movie | 1996 | |
| Code Name: Ruby | Screenplay | Movie | 1996 | |
| Code Name: Ruby | Story | Movie | 1996 | |
| Code Name: Ruby | Still Photographer | Movie | 1996 | |
| Code Name: Ruby | Additional Photography | Movie | 1996 | |
| GENUS | Director | TV Series | 1995 | |
| GENUS | Writer | TV Series | 1995 | |
| GEN | Director | TV Series | 1993 | |
| GEN | Writer | TV Series | 1993 | |
 | Corpus delicti | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
 | Flames of Royal Love | (uncredited) | Movie | 1991 |
| Flames of Royal Love | Director | Movie | 1991 |
| Flames of Royal Love | Screenplay | Movie | 1991 |
| The Strahov Demonstration | Director | Movie | 1990 | |
 | '68 | Dezsö Horváth | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague | Movie | 1988 |
| Horí | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 | |
 | Metamorphosis | Director | Movie | 1975 |
| Metamorphosis | Writer | Movie | 1975 |
| Das Rückendekolleté | Director | Movie | 1975 | |
| Das Rückendekolleté | Writer | Movie | 1975 | |
 | Killing the Devil | (uncreditted) | Movie | 1970 |
| Killing the Devil | Screenplay | Movie | 1970 |
 | Proudy lásku odnesou | Screenplay | Movie | 1969 |
| Proudy lásku odnesou | Director | Movie | 1969 |
| Proudy lásku odnesou | Story | Movie | 1969 |
| Čas slunce a růží | Director | Movie | 1968 | |
 | Oratorio for Prague | Self | Movie | 1968 |
| Oratorio for Prague | Director | Movie | 1968 |
 | Necklace of Melancholy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
| Necklace of Melancholy | Screenplay | Movie | 1968 |
| Necklace of Melancholy | Director | Movie | 1968 |
 | Seven Days to Remember | Cinematography | Movie | 1968 |
 | Martyrs of Love | Story | Movie | 1967 |
| Martyrs of Love | Screenplay | Movie | 1967 |
| Martyrs of Love | Director | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Party and the Guests | Director | Movie | 1966 |
| The Party and the Guests | Screenplay | Movie | 1966 |
| An Occasion to Speak | Self | Movie | 1966 | |
 | Pearls of the Deep | Screenplay | Movie | 1966 |
| Pearls of the Deep | Director | Movie | 1966 |
 | Diamonds of the Night | Screenplay | Movie | 1964 |
| Diamonds of the Night | Director | Movie | 1964 |
 | A Memory for the Present | Writer | Movie | 1963 |
| A Memory for the Present | Director | Movie | 1963 |
| Červnové dny | First Assistant Director | Movie | 1961 | |
| The Day the Tree Blooms | Assistant Director | Movie | 1961 | |
 | Osení | Assistant Director | Movie | 1961 |
| No Entrance | (segment "In Pursuit") | Movie | 1960 | |
 | A Loaf of Bread | Director | Movie | 1960 |
| A Loaf of Bread | Writer | Movie | 1960 |
 | Povodeň | Assistant Director | Movie | 1958 |
 | Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec | Director | Movie | — |