Jiří Trnka

Puppeteer

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Gender	Male
Death	55 years ago
Date of birth	February 24,1912
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Born	Pilsen
	Czechia
Date of died	December 30,1969
Died	Prague
	Czechia
Nationality	Czechoslovak
Place of burial	central cemetery, Pilsen, Czechia
Job	Illustrator
	Film director
	Film Producer
	Puppeteer
	Screenwriter
	Novelist
	Animator
	Costume Designer
	Film Art Director
Education	Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
Books	Folk and Fairy Tales from Bohemia
	Fireflies for Small and Big Children
	Stories and Poems for All Seasons
	Marco Polo Junior: By Sea to Xanadu
	The Gingerbread Cottage
	The Fireflies: A Story
	Pilsen, Czechia
	Fimfárum
	Fireflies: For Small and Big Children
Awards	Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award
	Premio per il miglior cortometraggio a pupazzi animati
Children	Klára Trnková
	Jiří Trnka
	Helena Trösterová-Trnková
Nominations	BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film
	Gran Premio Internazionale di Venezia per il miglior film
Date of Reg.	2019-10-30 18:27:19
Date of Upd.	2023-11-14 08:03:03
ID	1551637

A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Czech Year
Prince Bayaya
The Hand
The Emperor's Nightingale
Springman & the SS
The Cybernetic Grandma
Song of the Prairie (Árie prérie)
Grandpa planted a beet
The Good Soldier Schweik
Two Little Frosts
The Merry Circus
Zvířátka a Petrovští
Čertův mlýn
Archanděl Gabriel a paní Husa
Story of the Bass Cello
The About the Golden Fish
Les Trocs malchanceux du grand-père
Vášeň
A Fable For Friendship
Le Cadeau
The Feast
Passion
Old Czech Legends

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Jiří Trnka Life story

Jiří Trnka was a Czech puppet-maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director. In addition to his extensive career as an illustrator, especially of children's books, he is best known for his work in animation with puppets, which began in 1946.