Jiří Trnka
Director | Writer | Screenplay | Producer | Scenario Writer
A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war he designed stage sets and illustrated children's books. In 1945 he set up an animation unit with several collaborators at the Prague film studio; they called the unit "Trick Brothers." Trnka specialized in puppet animation, a traditional Czech art form, of which he became the undisputed master. He also created animated cartoons, but it was his pup...
Place of Birth: Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko
Date of Birth: Feb 24, 1912
Date of Death: Dec 30, 1969
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