Jan Němec
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 12, 1936
- Died
- March 18, 2016
- Birthplace
- 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."
Filmography
Arnost Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Nemec TBA
Director
FAMU 80 – Best of 2026
Director
A Loaf of Bread 2026
Director, Screenplay
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Cinematic Cut 2025
Writer
Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Weight of History 2023
as Self
The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street 2016
as Self, Writer, Director
Deckname Holec 2016
Story
Bohumil Hrabal „Takže se stalo, že...“ 2014
as self
Heart Beat 3D 2010
Director, Writer
The Ferrari Dino Girl 2009
Actor, Director, Writer
- Heart Above the Castle
Heart Above the Castle 2008
Director, Screenplay, Camera Operator, Story
- Hranice
Hranice 2006
Actor
Toyen 2005
as Commentary (voice), Director, Producer, Screenplay
Searching for Ester 2005
as Himself
- Landscape of my Heart
Landscape of my Heart 2004
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
Late Night Talks with Mother 2003
as Jan Němec, Director, Writer, Music, Producer, Director of Photography
- Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy) 2000
Actor
- Code Name: Ruby
Code Name: Ruby 1996
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story, Still Photographer, Additional Photography
Corpus delicti 1991
Actor
Flames of Royal Love 1991
as (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
- The Strahov Demonstration
The Strahov Demonstration 1990
Director
'68 1988
as Dezsö Horváth
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988
as Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
- Horí
Horí 1982
Actor
Metamorphosis 1975
Director, Writer
- Das Rückendekolleté
Das Rückendekolleté 1975
Director, Writer
Killing the Devil 1970
as (uncreditted), Screenplay
Proudy lásku odnesou 1969
Story, Director, Screenplay
- Čas slunce a růží
Čas slunce a růží 1968
Director
Oratorio for Prague 1968
as Self, Director
Necklace of Melancholy 1968
Actor, Director, Screenplay
Seven Days to Remember 1968
Cinematography
Martyrs of Love 1967
Screenplay, Story, Director
The Party and the Guests 1966
Screenplay, Director
- An Occasion to Speak
An Occasion to Speak 1966
as Self
Pearls of the Deep 1966
Director, Screenplay
Diamonds of the Night 1964
Screenplay, Director
A Memory for the Present 1963
Writer, Director
- Červnové dny
Červnové dny 1961
First Assistant Director
- The Day the Tree Blooms
The Day the Tree Blooms 1961
Assistant Director
Osení 1961
Assistant Director
- No Entrance
No Entrance 1960
as (segment "In Pursuit")
Povodeň 1958
Assistant Director
Credits from TMDB.