A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war ...read more
A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war he designed stage sets and illustrated children's books. In 1945 he set up an animation unit with several collaborators at the Prague film studio; they called the unit "Trick Brothers." Trnka specialized in puppet animation, a traditional Czech art f...read more
Department
Directing
Birthday
1912-02-24
Place of Birth
Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko
Also Known As
[ "Jiří Trnka" ]
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12th Cannes Film Festival
(1959)
9th Locarno Film Festival
(1955)
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