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Jiří Barta (b. 1948)

Birthplace:
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

Born:
November 26, 1948

Biography from TheMovieDB

Working primarily during the 1980s, Jiří Barta flourished during communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia, as funding was easily accessed through government grants, allowing students to develop at their own pace and direction. Initially dabbling with cutout shorts, Barta later experimented with stop-motion and puppetry, and within seven years of his first short completed The Pied Piper of Hamelin, still considered a masterpiece of Czech animation.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Animation:
1987  The Last Theft

Art Direction:
1980  Disc Jockey
1986  The Pied Piper
1987  The Last Theft

Director:
1978  Riddles for a Candy
1980  Disc Jockey
1981  The Design
1982  The Vanished World of Gloves
1983  A Ballad About Green Wood
1986  The Pied Piper
1987  The Last Theft
1989  Animated Self-Portraits
1989  Club of the Laid Off
1999  Cartoon Noir
2007  Cook, Mug, Cook!
2009  Toys in the Attic
2013  Yuki Onna
2014  Jiri Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness
????  Golem

Producer:
1978  Riddles for a Candy
1980  Disc Jockey
1981  The Design
1982  The Vanished World of Gloves
1983  A Ballad About Green Wood
1986  The Pied Piper
1987  The Last Theft
1989  Animated Self-Portraits
1989  Club of the Laid Off
1999  Cartoon Noir
2007  Cook, Mug, Cook!
2009  Toys in the Attic
2013  Yuki Onna
2014  Jiri Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness
????  Golem

Screenplay:
1978  Riddles for a Candy
1980  Disc Jockey
1981  The Design
1982  The Vanished World of Gloves
1983  A Ballad About Green Wood
1986  The Pied Piper
1987  The Last Theft
1989  Animated Self-Portraits
1989  Club of the Laid Off
1999  Cartoon Noir
2007  Cook, Mug, Cook!
2009  Toys in the Attic
2013  Yuki Onna
2014  Jiri Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness
????  Golem

Set Decoration:
1978  Riddles for a Candy
1980  Disc Jockey
1981  The Design
1982  The Vanished World of Gloves
1983  A Ballad About Green Wood
1986  The Pied Piper
1987  The Last Theft
1987  Wolf's Hole
1989  Animated Self-Portraits
1989  Club of the Laid Off
1999  Cartoon Noir
2007  Cook, Mug, Cook!
2009  Toys in the Attic
2013  Yuki Onna
2014  Jiri Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness
????  Golem

Story:
1978  Riddles for a Candy
1980  Disc Jockey
1981  The Design
1982  The Vanished World of Gloves
1983  A Ballad About Green Wood
1986  The Pied Piper
1987  The Last Theft
1987  Wolf's Hole
1989  Animated Self-Portraits
1989  Club of the Laid Off
1999  Cartoon Noir
2007  Cook, Mug, Cook!
2009  Toys in the Attic
2013  Yuki Onna
2014  Jiri Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness
????  Golem

Writer:
1978  Riddles for a Candy
1980  Disc Jockey
1981  The Design
1982  The Vanished World of Gloves
1983  A Ballad About Green Wood
1986  The Pied Piper
1987  The Last Theft
1987  Wolf's Hole
1989  Animated Self-Portraits
1989  Club of the Laid Off
1999  Cartoon Noir
2007  Cook, Mug, Cook!
2009  Toys in the Attic
2013  Yuki Onna
2014  Jiri Barta: Labyrinth of Darkness
????  Golem

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