Zdeněk Svěrák
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 28, 1936 (age 90)
- Birthplace
- Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936 in Prague) is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1958, he graduated in Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Education of Charles University in Prague. He has worked in a wide variety of capacities. His work contains more than 300 musical texts, plays and more than ten movies. Among his film scripts are Kolya (Czech: Kolja, Academy Award winning film) and The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná Škola, nomination for Academy Award), both directed by his son Jan Svěrák. With his close friend Ladislav Smoljak, he created the fictional personality (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher) Jára Cimrman who won the voting for The Greatest Czech in 2005 (only the fact that Cimrman is fictional prevented him from actually winning). Zdeněk Svěrák also founded a charity organization Paraple (in English, "Umbrella") which focuses on helping paralyzed individuals.
Known For
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Filmography
Bethlehem Light
Movie · Book
Barefoot
Movie · Screenplay
Operky
Movie · Screenplay
Three Brothers
Movie · Screenplay
Láska rohatá
Movie · Lyricist
Czech Heaven
Movie · Writer
Empties
Movie · Screenplay
Long, Broad and Nearsight
Movie · Writer
40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry
Movie · Screenplay
The Conquest of the North Pole
Movie · Theatre Play
Cimrman in the World of Music
Movie · Screenplay
Africa
Movie · Writer
Dark Blue World
Movie · Screenplay, Story
The Nude
Movie · Writer
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
Movie · Writer
Lijavec
Movie · Author
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
Movie · Screenplay, Story, Lyricist
Posel z Liptákova
Movie · Writer
Blaník
Movie · Writer
Pub in the Glade
Movie · Writer
Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
Movie · Writer
The Stand In
Movie · Writer
Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan
Movie · Writer
Plum Tree
Movie · Writer
Dvě z policejní brašny
Movie · Writer
Kolya
Movie · Screenplay
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Movie · Screenplay
Accumulator 1
Movie · Screenplay
Osvětová přednáška v Suché Vrbici
Movie · Writer
The Elementary School
Movie · Story, Screenplay
The Witches of the Suburbs
Movie · Lyricist
Dobytí severního pólu
Movie · Theatre Play
Cimrman sobě
TV · Theatre Play · 3 eps
Utopím si ho sám
Movie · Writer
Radovanovy radovánky
TV · Screenplay · 13 eps
An Uncertain Season
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Veselé příhody z natáčení
TV · Writer · 5 eps
Narostl mu hřebínek
Movie · Writer
Dissolved and Effused
Movie · Screenplay, Theatre Play
My Sweet Little Village
Movie · Screenplay, Story
What's Up Doc?
Movie · Screenplay
Give the Devil His Due
Movie · Lyricist
Prípad Platfus
Movie · Writer
Inzerát
Movie · Screenplay, Story
The Three Veterans
Movie · Lyricist, Screenplay
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth
Movie · Lyricist
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping
Movie · Screenplay, Story
The Hit
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Run, Waiter, Run!
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Princové jsou na draka
Movie · Lyricist
Ball Lightning
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Long Live Ghosts!
Movie · Screenplay, Lyricist
Dveře
Movie · Screenplay
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
Movie · Screenplay
Secluded, Near Woods
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Hledám paní na hlídání
Movie · Screenplay
Joachim, Put It in the Machine
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Who Looks for Gold?
Movie · Lyricist, Screenplay
Muž, který se spustil
Movie · Screenplay
Spolužáci
Movie · Screenplay, Story