FILM DIRECTOR

Vojtěch Jasný

1925 - 2019

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Vojtěch Jasný (30 November 1925 – 15 November 2019) was a Czech director, screenwriter and professor who has written and directed over 50 films. Jasný made feature and documentary films in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria, USA & Canada, and was a notable figure in the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best remembered for his movies The Cassandra Cat and All My Compatriots, both of which won prizes at Cannes Film Festival. In addition to his film career, he taught directing at film schools in Salzburg, Vienna, Munich and New York. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vojtěch Jasný is the 752nd most popular film director (up from 760th in 2019), the 484th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 478th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Czech Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Vojtěch Jasný ranks 752 out of 2,041. Before him are Jack Arnold, Peter Stein, Phillip Noyce, Clyde Geronimi, Chris Carter, and Matthew Vaughn. After him are Norman McLaren, Jean-Pierre Mocky, František Vláčil, Allan Dwan, Sergio Martino, and Paul Greengrass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Vojtěch Jasný ranks 258. Before him are Kirill Lavrov, Olle Hellbom, Raymond Impanis, Harry Guardino, Veikko Hakulinen, and Lennart Bergelin. After him are Don Alden Adams, Yogi Berra, Konrad Wolf, Otto Muehl, Ernst Neizvestny, and Seymour Cray. Among people deceased in 2019, Vojtěch Jasný ranks 241. Before him are Oliver Mtukudzi, Sadako Ogata, Janet Asimov, Ivan Dimitrov, Jan Olszewski, and Gloria Vanderbilt. After him are Don Alden Adams, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Charles Jencks, Jurica Jerković, Ari Behn, and Martin Peters.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Vojtěch Jasný ranks 484 out of 1,200. Before him are Vaclav Smil (1943), Ivan Passer (1933), Elmar Klos (1910), Olga Fikotová (1932), Eduard Čech (1893), and Jiří Dienstbier (1937). After him are František Vláčil (1924), Miroslav Ondříček (1934), August von Pelzeln (1825), Tadeáš Hájek (1525), Hana Mandlíková (1962), and Jiří Wolker (1900).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Vojtěch Jasný ranks 17. Before him are Karl Freund (1890), František Čáp (1913), Jan Němec (1936), Karel Lamač (1897), Ivan Passer (1933), and Elmar Klos (1910). After him are František Vláčil (1924), Harun Farocki (1944), Edgar G. Ulmer (1904), Gustav Machatý (1901), Oldřich Lipský (1924), and Karel Kachyňa (1924).

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