Jaromír Kallista
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- December 18, 1939
- Birthplace
- Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Jaromír Kallista was born on December 18, 1939 in Prague. As a production graduate of Prague Film Academy (1959-1964), he worked at Barrandov Studios until 1970, when he decided to operate outside the state system as an independent film-maker. In this period he worked on the production unit for a number of feature films by Evald Schorm and Antonín Máša, as well as several documentaries. From 1973 to 1988 he was head of production at the Laterna Magica. Since 1989 he has taught at FAMU (Prague Film Academy). In 1983, together with Jan Švankmajer, he formed an independent film production company that, in 1992, became a legal entity with the creation of ATHANOR Ltd.
Filmography
Alchemical Furnace 2020
Producer
Insect 2018
Producer
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) 2010
Producer
Lunacy 2005
Producer
Little Otik 2001
Producer
Conspirators of Pleasure 1996
Producer
Food 1996
as Waiter, Production Manager, Producer
Faust 1994
Producer
The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia 1991
Producer
Flora 1989
Producer
Meat Love 1989
Producer
Confusion 1969
Producer, Camera Operator
Kouzelný kopec 2023
as Self
Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj 2023
as Self
Jan 69 2004
Director
Corpus delicti 1991
as (uncredited)
Alice 1988
Production Manager
The Legend of the Silver Fir 1973
Assistant Director
Rodeo 1973
Assistant Director
Killing the Devil 1970
Production Manager
Julián odpadlík 1970
Unit Manager
Prague Nights 1969
Unit Production Manager
The End of a Priest 1969
Unit Production Manager
„Rakev ve snu viděti...“ 1968
Unit Production Manager
Klec pro dva 1968
Unit Production Manager
The End of August at the Hotel Ozone 1967
Production Manager
Long Live the Republic 1965
Assistant Production Manager
Ceiling 1962
Production Manager
The Week Starts on Friday 1962
Production Manager
Credits from TMDB.