About

Known credits:
83
Birthday:
1925-11-30
Place of birth:
Kelc, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Website:
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Vojtěch Jasný

Overview

Vojtěch Jasný (born 30 November 1925 – 15 November 2019) was a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat (1963). He was born in Kelč in Moravia.

An active filmmaker in Czechoslovakia throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he was among many artists and intellectuals who left the country after the USSR-led invasion following the Prague Spring of 1968. Jasný worked in other European countries for several years including Austria, West Germany and Yugoslavia until relocating to Brooklyn, New York in the early 1980s. Jasný taught film directing classes at Columbia University for several years (where his compatriot Miloš Forman was also a professor and former Film Division Co-Chair) and continues to teach at The School of Visual Arts (SVA) and The New York Film Academy (NYFA).

Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat is an allegorical fable about a magical cat that comes to a small Czech town and causes the underlying nature of the townspeople to be revealed. The film won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes. Also among Jasný's works is Všichni dobří rodáci /All My Good Countrymen (1968), a story centering on the lives and fates of several rural Czechs as they struggle to adapt and survive under communist rule; a film later banned in Czechoslovakia after the invasion of 1968.

Known for

Acting
2018 CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel Actor Self 59
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2009 Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny Actor Self N/A
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2005 Searching for Ester Actor Himself N/A
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1950 It’s Not Always Cloudy Actor Man with a Gramophone (uncredited) N/A
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Directing
2001 Hell on Earth Directing Director 59
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1999 Return to Paradise Lost Directing Director 59
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1991 Why Havel? Directing Director N/A
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1987 The Great Land of Small Directing Director 58
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1984 Der blinde Richter Directing Director N/A
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1984 Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen Directing Director N/A
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1983 Es gibt noch Haselnußsträucher Directing Director N/A
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1982 We Directing Director 58
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1982 Am Strand Directing Director N/A
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1980 The Woman from Sarajevo Directing Director N/A
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1979 Die Stühle des Herrn Szmil Directing Director N/A
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1978 Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn Directing Director N/A
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1978 Impressions of Herbert Von Karajan Directing Director N/A
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1976 The Clown Directing Director 58
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1976 Attempted Flight Directing Director N/A
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1975 Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März Directing Director N/A
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1974 Der Kulterer Directing Director 58
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1972 Der Leuchtturm Directing Director N/A
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1972 Nasrin oder Die Kunst zu träumen Directing Director N/A
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1970 Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit Directing Director N/A
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1970 Czech Rhapsody Directing Director 59
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1969 All My Good Countrymen Directing Director 59
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1966 The Pipes Directing Director 59
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1965 Magnetické vlny léčí Directing Director 59
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1963 When the Cat Comes Directing Director 60
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1961 The Pilgrimage to the Holy Virgin Directing Director 59
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1960 I Survived Certain Death Directing Director N/A
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1958 Desire Directing Director 59
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1957 September Nights Directing Director 59
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1956 Opportunity Directing Director N/A
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1955 Everything Ends Tonight Directing Director 59
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1954 Stará čínská opera Directing Director N/A
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1954 Z čínského zápisníku Directing Director N/A
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1953 Lidé jednoho srdce Directing Director N/A
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1952 Neobyčejná léta Directing Director N/A
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1951 Za život radostný Directing Director N/A
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1950 It’s Not Always Cloudy Directing Director N/A
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1949 Věděli si rady Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2001 Hell on Earth Writing Screenplay 59
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1999 Return to Paradise Lost Writing Screenplay 59
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1999 Return to Paradise Lost Writing Story 59
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1991 Why Havel? Writing Screenplay N/A
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1985 The Peanut Butter Solution Writing Writer 58
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1984 Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen Writing Writer N/A
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1978 Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn Writing Writer N/A
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1976 The Clown Writing Screenplay 58
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1976 Attempted Flight Writing Writer N/A
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1974 Der Kulterer Writing Writer 58
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1972 Der Leuchtturm Writing Adaptation N/A
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1971 Dogs and People Writing Screenplay 59
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1971 Dogs and People Writing Story 59
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1970 Czech Rhapsody Writing Story 59
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1970 Czech Rhapsody Writing Screenplay 59
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1969 All My Good Countrymen Writing Story 59
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1969 All My Good Countrymen Writing Screenplay 59
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1968 Jarní vody Writing Story 59
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1966 The Pipes Writing Screenplay 59
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1963 When the Cat Comes Writing Screenplay 60
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1963 When the Cat Comes Writing Screenstory 60
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1958 Desire Writing Screenplay 59
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1958 Desire Writing Story 59
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1957 Váhavý střelec Writing Story 59
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1957 September Nights Writing Screenplay 59
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1956 Opportunity Writing Screenplay N/A
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1953 Lidé jednoho srdce Writing Screenplay N/A
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1952 Neobyčejná léta Writing Idea N/A
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1952 Neobyčejná léta Writing Screenplay N/A
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1951 Za život radostný Writing Screenplay N/A
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1951 Za život radostný Writing Idea N/A
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1950 It’s Not Always Cloudy Writing Screenplay N/A
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1949 Věděli si rady Writing Idea N/A
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1949 Věděli si rady Writing Screenplay N/A
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Camera
1954 Z čínského zápisníku Camera Camera Operator N/A
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1954 Stará čínská opera Camera Camera Operator N/A
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1953 Lidé jednoho srdce Camera Camera Operator N/A
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1952 Neobyčejná léta Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1950 It’s Not Always Cloudy Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1949 Věděli si rady Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Editing
1950 It’s Not Always Cloudy Editing Editor N/A
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