Jan Němec
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1936-07-12 · Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 2016-03-18
Known for
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) — Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague
- Diamonds of the Night (1964) — Screenplay
- The Party and the Guests (1966) — Director
- Pearls of the Deep (1966) — Screenplay
- Killing the Devil (1970) — (uncreditted)
- Oratorio for Prague (1968) — Self
- Martyrs of Love (1967) — Story
- '68 (1988) — Dezsö Horváth
- Flames of Royal Love (1991) — (uncredited)
- Metamorphosis (1975) — Director
- The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street (2016) — Self
- Code Name: Ruby (1996) — Director
- Deckname Holec (2016) — Story
- Corpus delicti (1991)
- No Entrance (1960) — (segment "In Pursuit")
- Osení (1961) — Assistant Director