Jiří Barta
Jiří Barta (born 26 November 1948) is a Czech stop-motion animation director. Many of his films use wood as a medium for animation. Among his notable films are the 1986 film The Pied Piper.
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Jiří Barta
- Name
- Jiří Barta
- Born
- 26 November 1948
- Birthplace
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Czech Republic.
- Education
- Academy of Arts and Architecture and Design in Prague.
- Languages
- Czech.
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Jiří Barta (born 26 November 1948) is a Czech stop-motion animation director. Many of his films use wood as a medium for animation. Among his notable films are the 1986 film The Pied Piper.
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In 2007 he released his first computer animated short film called Domečku, vař produced in a studio called Alkay Animation. In 2009 he released a puppet-animated feature film, Toys in the Attic.
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• Name — Jiří Barta • Born — 26 November 1948 • Birthplace — Prague, Czechoslovakia • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter
Biography
Biography
Jiří Barta was born in Prague. In 1969 he began studying film and TV graphics at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. He made the first animated film in 1978 with Jiří Trnka's studio. At the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague he leads the Film and TV Graphics Studio. He was appointed as associate professor in 1993 and Professor in 2001. In addition to teaching, he collaborates with theater and film projects.
Filmography
Filmography
Feature films • The Pied Piper (Krysař, 1986) • Toys in the Attic (Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny?, 2009) • The Golem (TBA) Short films • Riddles for a Candy (Hádanky za bonbón, 1978) • The Design (Projekt, 1981) • Disc Jockey (Diskžokej, 1981) • The Vanished World of Gloves (Zaniklý svět rukavic, 1982) • A Ballad About Green Wood (Balada o zeleném dřevu, 1983) • The Last Theft (Poslední lup, 1987) • The Club of the Laid Off (Klub odložených, 1989) • Golem (1993) • Cook, Mug, Cook! (Domečku, vař!, 2007) • Yuki Onna (2013)
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1948
Jiří Barta born at Prague.
1985
Krysar The Pied Piper Of Hamelin (Jirí Barta, 1985) DVDrip (1985) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- Jiří Barta and the rhythmic difficulties of living in, or with, time and space, The Art of Czech Animation, 2020
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The authorities additionally record the headings Jiři Barta, Jiri Barta and Barta Jiří. His recorded language was Czech. He was the child of Čestmír Barta and Milena Bártová. Recorded as screenwriter, marionetteist, animator, director and graphic artist.
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