FILM DIRECTOR

Břetislav Pojar

1923 - 2012

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Břetislav Pojar is the 1,167th most popular film director (up from 1,181st in 2019), the 674th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 668th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Czech Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Břetislav Pojar ranks 1,167 out of 2,041. Before him are José Luis Garci, Marion Hänsel, David Hand, Maurice Cloche, Steve Kloves, and Dominic Sena. After him are Abraham Polonsky, Rebecca Miller, Pavel Lungin, Sidney Franklin, Carl Foreman, and Ali Abbasi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Břetislav Pojar ranks 364. Before him are Noël Vandernotte, Aage Larsen, Ken Kavanagh, Paavo Lonkila, Nena, and Eugenio Calabi. After him are Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Bülent Ulusu, Jorge Romo, Halfdan T. Mahler, Lidiya Vertinskaya, and Adolfo Schwelm Cruz. Among people deceased in 2012, Břetislav Pojar ranks 337. Before him are Barry Commoner, Sergey Nikolsky, Sergio Livingstone, Gu Chaohao, Pierre Adam, and Chad Everett. After him are Nevin Çokay, Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Homai Vyarawalla, Franz West, Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, and Klaus Schütz.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Břetislav Pojar ranks 674 out of 1,200. Before him are Patrik Berger (1973), Oldřich Lajsek (1925), Jaroslav Čermák (1830), Emil Pažický (1927), Miroslav Koranda (1934), and František Halas (1901). After him are Ladislav Vácha (1899), Jaromír Nohavica (1953), Zdeněk Škrland (1914), Karel Kašpar (1870), Ferdinand Bauer (1760), and František Křižík (1847).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Břetislav Pojar ranks 25. Before him are Harun Farocki (1944), Edgar G. Ulmer (1904), Gustav Machatý (1901), Oldřich Lipský (1924), Karel Kachyňa (1924), and Martin Frič (1902). After him are Jiří Weiss (1913), Jan Svěrák (1965), and Jan Hřebejk (1967).

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