Biography
Jiří Brdečka (24 December 1917 – 2 June 1982) was a Czech writer, artist, and film director.
Brdečka was born in Hranice (then in Austria-Hungary) to a literary family, as his father, Otakar Brdečka (1881 – 1930), was a writer under the pseudonym Alfa. Brdečka studied philosophy and aesthetics at Charles University in Prague until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia forced the closing of the school in 1939. He then became an administrative clerk at the Prague Municipal Museum and found occasional work as a newspaper journalist and cartoonist.
He worked as a press agent for the studio Lucernafilm from summer 1941 to the end of 1942. In 1943 Brdečka took a job as an animator, and by 1949 he was working as a film director and screenwriter at Barrandov Studios. He began directing animated films on his own in 1958. In addition to his film work he also worked as a journalist, a film critic and a novelist. Brdečka's work is marked by its droll intellectual humor, often featuring an extensive use of hyperbole, satire, and literary illusions.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun
Role: Book
MOVIE • 1984
The Three Veterans
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1984
Das Feuer des Faust
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1982
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1981
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1981
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Role: Lyricist
MOVIE • 1981
An Unhappy Marriage
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1981
An Unhappy Marriage
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1981
The Outlaw's Wife
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1981
The Outlaw's Wife
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1981
Unrecognized
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1980
Unrecognized
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1980
Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1980
Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1980
Prince and the Evening Star
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1979
Prince and the Evening Star
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1979
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1978
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1978
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Role: Graphic Designer
MOVIE • 1978
Love
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1978