Directing · b. 1923 · Susice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Břetislav Pojar

Biography

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. Pojar compiled an extensive body of work as a director and animator in Czechoslovakia, where he made films in both puppet animation to the more common stop motion animation. In the mid-1960s, Pojar em...

Directed
Narco Blues 2016 Pojar dětem 2016 Tom Thumb’s Journey 2015 Car Fairy Tales 2011 Fimfarum 2 2006 Mr. and Mr. 2006 Winter Days 2003 The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka 2000 Children First! 1996 Pourquoi? 1995 Mouseology 1994 The Flying Sneaker 1991 From step to progress 1987 Nightangel 1986 If... 1981 'E' 1981 BOOOM 1979 How to Catch a Tiger 1977 About the Thick Fog 1976 The Apple Tree Maiden 1974 Nazdar kedlubny 1974 Balablok 1973 A neříkej mi Vašíku 1972 O pardálu který voněl 1972 Psí kusy 1971 Co to bouchlo? 1971 Darwin Antidarwin 1969 To See or Not to See 1969 Fanfaron, the Little Clown 1968 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Went to Sleep 1968 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Princesses Are Not to Be Sniffed At 1967 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! Hold On to Your Hat 1967 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How They Ate Witty Porridge 1967 Hey Mister, Let's Play! How They Met At Kolin 1966 Hey, Mister, Let’s Play! How the Bears Went Swimming 1966 Ideál 1964 A Few Words of Introduction 1963 Billiard 1962 Romance 1962 On a Cat's Word 1961 School for Cats 1961 Painting is for the Cats 1961 The Midnight Adventure 1960 The Lion and the Song 1959 Bomb Mania 1959 Paraplíčko 1957 Spejbl on the Trail 1956 Glory 1956 Dobrodružství na Zlaté zátoce 1955 A Drop Too Much 1954 Josef Mánes II. 1952 Veselý kolotoč 1952 Josef Mánes 1951 The Gingerbread House 1951
Acting
Anatomie gagu 2008 Skutečnost Noci svatojánské Self 1959
Other Credits
The Christmas Ballad Story 2016 Dancing on the Moon Animation Director 1997 Overdose Script 1994 The Bear Animation 1988 Lemonade Joe Art Designer 1964 A Midsummer's Night Dream Animation 1959 Story of the Bass Cello Animation 1956 Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkova budějovická anabase Animation 1956 Two Little Frosts Animation 1955 Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Švejkovy nehody ve vlaku Animation 1955 Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka – Z Hatvanu na hranice Haliče Animation 1954 Old Czech Legends Animation 1953 Prince Bayaya Animation 1951 The Emperor's Nightingale Animation 1949 Song of the Prairie Animation 1949 The Devil's Mill Animation 1949 The Czech Year Animation 1947 Vodník ve mlýně Animation 1947 Míša Kulička Animation 1947
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