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 form, of which he became the undisputed master. He also created animated cartoons, but it was his puppet animation that made him an internationally recognized artist and the winner of film festival awards at Venice and elsewhere. He wrote the scripts for most of his own films.

Personal Details

• Born: 1912-02-24 in Plzeň, Rakousko-Uhersko
• Known For: Directing

Jiří Trnka Movies List

Looking for Jiří Trnka movies? Here are some of their most popular films and where they rank in their career:

• Skutečnost Noci svatojánské (1959)
• Jiří Trnka (1967)
• To jsou Bratři v triku (1957)
• Jirí Trnka: Puppet Animation Master (1999)
• Loutky Jiřího Trnky (1956)
• The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka (2000)

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