Jan Němec

Directing·July 12, 1936·† March 18, 2016 — 79 years old·Prague, Czechoslovakia

Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."

Known For

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988·6.9

Diamonds of the Night

1964·7.1

The Party and the Guests

Pearls of the Deep

Killing the Devil

Martyrs of Love

Oratorio for Prague

'68

Flames of Royal Love

Metamorphosis

A Loaf of Bread

Deckname Holec

Filmography · 45

—Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan NemecDirector 2025Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic CutWriter 2023Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of HistorySelf 2016The Wolf from Royal Vineyard StreetSelf · Director · Writer 2016Deckname HolecStory 2014Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“self 2010Heart Beat 3DDirector · Writer 2009The Ferrari Dino GirlDirector · Writer 2009Golden SixtiesTVSelf 2008Heart Above the CastleDirector · Screenplay · Camera Operator · Story 2006Hranice 2005ToyenCommentary (voice) · Director · Screenplay · Producer 2005Searching for EsterHimself 2004Landscape of my HeartDirector · Screenplay · Director of Photography · Original Music Composer 2003Late Night Talks with MotherJan Němec · Director · Writer · Music · Producer · Director of Photography 2000Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)1996Code Name: RubyDirector · Producer · Screenplay · Story · Still Photographer · Additional Photography 1995GENUSTVDirector · Writer 1993GENTVWriter · Director 1991Corpus delicti 1991Flames of Royal Love(uncredited) · Director · Screenplay 1990The Strahov DemonstrationDirector 1988'68Dezsö Horváth 1988The Unbearable Lightness of BeingCameraman filming the tanks in Prague 1982Horí 1975MetamorphosisDirector · Writer 1975Das RückendekolletéDirector · Writer 1970Killing the Devil(uncreditted) · Screenplay 1969Proudy lásku odnesouStory · Screenplay · Director 1968Čas slunce a růžíDirector 1968Oratorio for PragueSelf · Director 1968Necklace of MelancholyScreenplay · Director 1968Seven Days to RememberCinematography 1967Martyrs of LoveStory · Screenplay · Director 1966The Party and the GuestsDirector · Screenplay 1966An Occasion to SpeakSelf 1966Pearls of the DeepDirector · Screenplay 1964Diamonds of the NightScreenplay · Director 1963A Memory for the PresentWriter · Director 1961Červnové dnyFirst Assistant Director 1961The Day the Tree BloomsAssistant Director 1961OseníAssistant Director 1960No Entrance(segment "In Pursuit")1960A Loaf of BreadDirector · Writer 1958PovodeňAssistant Director