FILM DIRECTOR

Jan Svěrák

1965 - Today

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Jan Svěrák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈsvjɛraːk]; born 6 February 1965) is a Czech film director and screenwriter. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák, with whom he collaborated on his most successful films. He is among the most recognized Czech filmmakers. His best-known films are the Oscar-winning Kolya and the Oscar-nominated The Elementary School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Svěrák is the 1,568th most popular film director (down from 1,522nd in 2019), the 818th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 795th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Czech Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jan Svěrák ranks 1,568 out of 2,041. Before him are Stuart Baird, Mike van Diem, Don Coscarelli, Peyton Reed, Ward Kimball, and Alik Sakharov. After him are Rowland V. Lee, Clive Donner, Christoph Schlingensief, Tim Van Patten, Alan Rudolph, and Dominik Moll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Jan Svěrák ranks 466. Before him are Jasna Šekarić, Abdul Rahman, Horace Grant, Yusuke Minoguchi, David Kelly, and Gregor Foitek. After him are Fernando Gómez, Arabian Prince, Mum Jokmok, Tuomo Ylipulli, C. J. Ramone, and Isa Munayev.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Svěrák ranks 818 out of 1,200. Before him are Luboš Kubík (1964), Iva Bittová (1958), Tomáš Hübschman (1981), Jaroslav Netolička (1954), Jan Peka (1894), and Francis Lederer (1899). After him are Jáchym Topol (1962), Ivo Ulich (1974), Marta Jandová (1974), Karel Neffe (1948), Pavel Vrba (1963), and Radoslav Látal (1970).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Jan Svěrák ranks 27. Before him are Gustav Machatý (1901), Oldřich Lipský (1924), Karel Kachyňa (1924), Martin Frič (1902), Břetislav Pojar (1923), and Jiří Weiss (1913). After him are Jan Hřebejk (1967).

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