Břetislav Pojar (7 October 1923 – 12 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator, and director of short and feature films. Born in Sušice, Czechosl...read more
Břetislav Pojar (7 October 1923 – 12 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator, and director of short and feature films. Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on The Story of the Bass Cello (1949) based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka. Pojar served as a puppeteer under his mentor Trnka. P...read more
Department
Directing
Birthday
1923-10-07
Place of Birth
Susice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Also Known As
[ "Bretislav Pojar", "Бржетислав Пояр" ]
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7th Cannes Film Festival
(1954)
26th Cannes Film Festival
(1973)
19th Berlin International Film Festival
(1969)
32nd Cannes Film Festival
(1979)
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